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Books in Contributions of women series

  • The First Women Who Spoke Out

    Nancy Smiler Levinson

    Hardcover (Dillon Pr, March 1, 1983)
    Chronicles of the lives of Sarah and Angelina Grimke, Lucretia Mott, Sojourner Truth, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and Lucy Stone throw light on the obstacles confronting, and the achievements accomplished by, the early women's movement
  • Social Reform

    Ruth Firestone Brin

    Library Binding (Dillon Pr, Nov. 1, 1977)
    Biographies of American women whose activities in the area of social reform made a positive impact on our society.
  • Business

    Nancy Smiler Levinson

    Hardcover (Dillon Pr, )
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  • Science

    Diane Emberlin

    Hardcover (Dillon Pr, June 1, 1977)
    Brief biographies of women who have made outstanding contributions to science: Annie Cannon, Lillian Gilbreth, Margaret Mead, Rachel Carson, Ruth Patrick, and Eugenie Clark.
  • Theater

    Ann Dillon

    Library Binding (Dillon Pr, July 1, 1978)
    Biographies of Minnie Fiske, Ethel Barrymore, Helen Hayes, Lillian Hellman, and Julie Harris, and profiles of 10 other outstanding women of American theater.
  • Medicine

    Demerris C. Ranahan

    Hardcover (Dillon Pr, Nov. 1, 1981)
    Brief biographies of five women doctors who, despite many difficulties, made singular contributions to the field of medicine and to society in general.