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Books in The Library of famous women series

  • Nien Cheng: A Prisoner in China

    Robin Langley Sommer

    Library Binding (Blackbirch Pr Inc, June 1, 1994)
    A biography of the Chinese woman who, arrested during the Chinese Cultural Revolution, spent more than six years in solitary confinement and, despite severe punishment, refused to indict herself as a traitor.
  • Bette Davis, film star

    Gene Brown

    Hardcover (Blackbirch Press, March 15, 1990)
    A biography of the renowned movie actress whose film career spanned more than fifty years.
  • Anne Frank: Child of the Holocaust

    Gene Brown

    Hardcover (Rosen Pub. Group, March 15, 1991)
    A biography of the thirteen-year-old Jewish girl whose diary, published after her death in a Nazi concentration camp, made her famous all over the world.
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  • Library of Famous Women - Jane Goodall

    J. A. Senn

    Hardcover (Blackbirch Press, Sept. 1, 1993)
    Her pioneering work studying the behavior of chimpanzees in Africa revolutionized the world of anthropology.
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  • Barbara Jordan: Congresswoman

    Linda Johnson

    Library Binding (Blackbirch Pr Inc, June 1, 1994)
    Surveys the life and career of the Black woman from Texas who became a lawyer, state legislator, and member of the United States Congress
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  • Georgia O'Keeffe: Painter of the Desert

    Jacqueline Ball, Catherine Conant

    Library Binding (Blackbirch Pr Inc, June 1, 1994)
    Examines the life and works of the painter who drew much of her artistic inspiration from nature
  • Wilma Mankiller: Chief of the Cherokee Nation

    Bruce Glassman

    Library Binding (Blackbirch Pr Inc, June 1, 1994)
    Discusses the life and career of the first female to be chief of the Cherokee Nation.
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  • Marian Wright Edelman: Defender of Children's Rights

    Steven Otfinoski

    Library Binding (Blackbirch Pr Inc, Aug. 1, 1994)
    A biography of the Afro-American lawyer and social reformer who is known for her work on behalf of children's rights.
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  • Wilma Mankiller: Chief of the Cherokee nation

    Bruce Glassman

    Unbound (Blackbirch Press, March 15, 1992)
    Discusses the life and career of the first female to be chief of the Cherokee Nation.
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  • Library of Famous Women - Anne Frank

    Gene Brown

    Hardcover (Blackbirch Press, Jan. 2, 1991)
    Although she was only a child during the Holocaust, her writing has touched people of all ages, races, and ethnic backgrounds for generations.
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  • Marian Wright Edelman: Defender of Children's Rights

    Steven Otfinoski

    Hardcover (Rosen Publishing Group, Dec. 15, 1991)
    A biography of the Afro-American lawyer and social reformer who is known for her work on behalf of children's rights.
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  • Anne Frank: Child of the Holocaust

    Gene Brown

    Paperback (Blackbirch Pr Inc, March 1, 1993)
    A biography of the thirteen-year-old Jewish girl whose diary, published after her death in a Nazi concentration camp, made her famous all over the world
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