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Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2001.
Language
English
Description
Biography of Helen Keller who, despite being both deaf and blind, thrived under the tutelage of Annie Sullivan, graduated cum laude from Radcliffe college, and became famous for remaining strong and successful through adversity.
Author
Publisher
Compass Point Books
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
Examines the roles some women played during the Civil War including Clara Barton who nursed the wounded, Mary Elizabeth Bowser, a former slave who spied on Jefferson Davis; Rose Greenhow, a Confederate spy; Harriett Tubman, an escaped slave who helped others to escape; and Harriet Beecher Stowe, who wrote "Uncle Tom's Cabin.".
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The ... author of Hourglass now gives us a new memoir about identity, paternity, and family secrets--a real-time exploration of the ... discovery she made last year about her father, and her struggle to piece together the hidden the story of her own life"--
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"With [writer] Kelly's signature candor and good will, each chapter [in this memoir] draws from her sometimes ridiculous, sometimes profound struggles with parenting and marriage, career and friendship, illness, aging, and mortality. Each chapter is animated by ... stories from Kelly's own life and is focused on one of seven sentences"--
Author
Publisher
William Morrow
Pub. Date
2004.
Language
English
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Description
Profiles the women whose bravery, convictions, and patriotism impacted the formation of the United States, focusing on the contributions of the wives, mothers, sisters, and daughters of the country's founding fathers.
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