Summary
"Profiled are 26 American women from the 18th through 21st centuries, who have made-or are still making--history as artists, writers, teachers, lawyers, or athletes. The women come from a variety of economic and ethnic backgrounds and many had to overcome extreme hardships. One woman represents each... Full description
- Angela Davis
- Billie Jean King
- Carol Burnett
- Dolores Huerta
- Ella Baker
- Florence Griffith-Joyner
- The Grimke sisters
- Hazel Scott
- Isadora Duncan
- Jovita Idar
- Kate Bornstein
- Lucy Parsons
- Maya Lin
- Nellie Bly
- Odetta
- Patti Smith
- "Queen Bessie" Coleman
- Rachel Carson
- Sonia Sotomayor
- Temple Grandin
- Ursula K. LeGuin
- Virginia Apgar
- Wilma Mankiller
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- Yuri Kochiyama
- Zora Neale Hurston.