Amelia to Zora
Twenty-six Women Who Changed the World
Watertown, MA : Charlesbridge, [2005]
Format: Book
Description: 32 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm
Presents brief, illustrated biographies of twenty-six women, one for each letter of the alphabet, who have made history in their various fields, including naturalist Jane Goodall, missionary Mother Teresa, and democratic leader and political prisoner Aung San Suu Kyi.
Contents:
Amelia Earhart (1897-1937), pilot -- Babe Didrikson Zaharias (1914-1956), athlete -- Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin (1900-1980), astronomer -- Dolores Huerta (1930-), union co-founder -- Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962), first lady -- Frida Kahlo (1907-1954), painter -- Grace Hopper (1906-1992), computer scientist -- Helen Keller (1880-1968), advocate for the disabled -- Imogen Cunningham (1883-1976), photographer -- Jane Goodall (1934-), naturalist -- Kristi Yamaguchi (1971-), ice skating champion -- Lena Horne (1917-), entertainer -- Maya Lin (1959-), architect -- Nawal El Sadaawi (1931-), women's rights activist -- Oprah Winfrey (1954-), talk show host -- Patricia Schroeder (1940-), congresswoman -- Quah Ah (1893-1949), artist -- Rachel Carson (1907-1964), environmentalist -- Daw Aung San Suu Kyi (1945-), democratic leader -- Mother Teresa (1910-1997), servant of the poor -- Ursula Le Guin (1929-), writer -- Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit (1900-1990), diplomat -- Wilma Mankiller (1945-), chief of the Cherokee nation -- Chen Xiefen (1883-1923), journalist -- Yoshiko Uchida (1922-1992), writer -- Zora Neale Hurston (1891-1960), anthropologist, writer.
ISBN:
1570915229
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
C BIOGRAPHY Collective Women Amelia | Main (Downtown) | Garden Level, Children's Biography | In |
C BIOGRAPHY Collective Amelia | North Main | Children's Biography | In |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 30-31).