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Josephine Aspinwall Roche moved to Denver in 1906 while she was attending Vassar College in New York. She studied economics and later earned a Masters Degree in social work from Columbia. She became Denver’s first female police officer and worked with Judge Benjamin Lindsey, who created one of the first juvenile court systems. Josephine later held jobs in Denver and Washington, D.C., where she was active in progressive causes. After her father's health failed, Josephine returned to Colorado to run his coal mining company at which she enacted a variety of pro-labor policies, including an invitation for the United Mine Workers to unionize her mines. Josephine ran unsuccessfully for Governor of Colorado in 1934 and was appointed Assistant Treasury Secretary by President Roosevelt. Eleanor Roosevelt, the wife of President Roosevelt, called her “one of the greatest humanitarians of her time.” Number 8 in the Great Lives in Colorado History series. Ages 8 to 10 Bilingual in English and Spanish 48 pages (English 23/Spanish 25) PaperbackTrim: 5" by 8"

Margaret 'Molly' Brown's life was the stuff of legends. The heroine of the Titanic disaster was also a business woman, art collector, social and political activist,and philantropist during her full life. As she said of others, she had "a heart as big as a ham."Molly Brown was heroine of the Titanic disaster, but when asked about the experience, she said, "Please don't say I'm a heroine. I did only the natural thing and not the heroic...It isn't who you are, nor what you have, but what you are that counts. That was proved on the Titanic...it was the Brown luck. I'm the unsinkable Mrs. J.J. Brown."

Mark Twain's story of the Jumping Frog was first published in the New York Saturday Press in November, 1865. This version is from an 1875 edition of Twain's hilarious story and icludes both the original story and one supposedly "rescued" from a translation into French. Contains the original illustrations plus contemporary wood engravings depicting mining life.

Chipeta was the wife, confidant, and advisor to Chief Ouray of the Tabeguache band of Ute Indians in the mountain regions of Colorado. After Ouray's death in 1880, Chipeta continued as a leader of her people through times of challenge and hardship until her death in 1924. Chipeta was respected as a wise woman by both Utes and non-Indian people. Cynthia Becker is co-author with David Smith of Chipeta: Queen of the Utes, and she brings the exhaustive research of that work to this Now You Know Bio of an inspirational Native American woman. Number 11 in the Now You Know series from Filter Press.

After graduating from medical school at the University of Michigan in 1897 and encountering difficulties building a practice in Denver and Greeley, Susan Anderson relocated to the mountain community of Fraser, Colorado. She practiced medicine there for more than forty years—treating sawmill workers, ranchers, railroad workers, and even their animals. Residents of Grand County all knew her as “Doc Susie.” Lydia Griffin follows the life and career of Doc Susie through the years of World War I, the Great Inflenza epidemic of 1918, her service as coroner during building of the Moffat Tunnel, and her treatment of injured skiers at Winter Park Resort. Enjoy learning about this courageous medical pioneer in Number Fourteen in the Now You Know Bio Series.

William Palmer's railroad career was interrupted by the Civil War in which he was taken prisoner, rose to the rank of brigadier general at the age of 29, and received the Medal of Honor. After the war, Palmer moved west, helping to build the Kansas Pacific Railroad and later founding the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad. Palmer was the founder of the new city of Colorado Springs, in 1871. He was recognized for his philanthropic efforts, particularly in support of education. Winner of the Top Hand award from the Colorado Author’s League and number 13 in the Now You Know Bio series from Filter Press.

Bob Sakata was born and raised near San Francisco, California. He was relocated along with his family and 120,000 other Japanese Americans to internment camps in the aftermath of the attack on Pearl Harbor and entry of the United Staes into World War II. Upon release, Bob Sakata moved to Colorado. He was reunited with his family after the war, and has owned and operated Sakata Farms near Brighton, Colorado, for more than sixty years. Overcoming childhood poverty, fear and prejudice during the war, and personal hardship and loss, Bob Sakata's success through determination, creativity, and a positive attitude exemplify the American spirit."Bob Sakata is a present day hero whose life shows that hard work and determination will result in great accomplishments. His life story will inspire all who read it." Joan Kniss, Colorado Teacher of the Year 2001.

Jose Dario Gallegos was born near Taos in 1830, the son of a merchant. He moved north into Colorado, leading the establishment of settlement of San Luis de Culebra in 1851. The town of San Luis is Colorado's oldest, and Dario established the first store in the San Luis Valley. The store has been in continuous operation since 1857. This is part of the Now You Know Bio series from Filter Press.

Helen Hunt Jackson was one of the best known authors of her time. She wrote poetry, children’s books, travel journals, and novels. After great sorrow and loss—the deaths of husband Edward Hunt and her two sons—in her native New England, Helen Hunt moved to Colorado Springs for her health and married William Sharpless Jackson in 1875.Both her health and writing were rejuvenated as Colorado became her beloved home. Helen became a champion of social justice for Native Americans through her writing as she produced a long nonfiction work A Century of Dishonor and her more successful and influential novel Ramona. E. E. Duncan is the author of the first entry in the Great Lives in Colorado History series.Ages 8 to 10 Bilingual in English and Spanish69 pages (English 33/Spanish 36) PaperbackTrim: 5" by 8"

Chipeta was the wife, confidant, and advisor to Chief Ouray of the Tabeguache band of Ute Indians in the mountain regions of Colorado. After Ouray's death in 1880, Chipeta continued as a leader of her people through times of challenge and hardship until her death in 1924. Chipeta was respected as a wise woman by both Utes and non-Indian people. Cynthia Becker is co-author with David Smith of Chipeta: Queen of the Utes, and she brings the exhaustive research of that work to this Now You Know Bio of an inspirational Native American woman. Chipeta...never for a moment wavered in her loyalty to what she thought the right and from the first used all her influence for peace...She saw that war meant the murder of hundreds of whites and the extermination of her own people... Margaret T. Adams, wife of Charles Adams, Los Pinos Indian Agent