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March is Women's History Month
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Founding mothers : remembering the ladies
by Cokie Roberts
The best-selling author of We Are Our Mothers' Daughters presents an adaptation of her acclaimed adult book that highlights an engaging cast of revolutionary founding mothers, including Martha Washington, Abigail Adams and Dolley Madison.
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Great women of the American Revolution
by Michael Burgan
Concise, easy-to-read introductions to various topics in U.S. history use primary documents and photography, as well as timelines, maps, and other tools, to teach important facts about our past.
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Herstory : women who changed the world
by Ruth Ashby
A very special collection of short biographies offers insightful sketches of the lives and accomplishments of 150 of history's most influential and brilliant women, including Clara Barton, the legendary Trung Sisters of medieval Vietnam, and many others.
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Wild women of the Wild West
by Jonah Winter
Presents an account of frontier life for women in the American West through brief biographies of fifteen famous individuals, including Calamity Jane, Belle Starr, Nellie Cashman, Mary Fields, and Annie Oakley.
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Sea queens : women pirates around the world
by Jane Yolen
Meet the ladies who loot. Throughout history, women from all classes and walks of life turned to pirating out of necessity, desperation or greed. Acclaimed author Jane Yolen examines the contradictions of these bold women's lives and times.
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Extraordinary women scientists
by Darlene R. Stille
Covers nearly fifty nineteenth- and twentieth-century women biologists, anthropologists, and other scientists, and recounts the history of women in science, medicine, mathematics, and engineering.
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Almost astronauts : 13 women who dared to dream
by Tanya Lee Stone
Provides the story of the thirteen women connected with NASA's Mercury 13 space mission, who braved prejudice and jealousy to make their mark and open the door for the female pilots and space commanders that would soon follow.
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Wings and rockets : the story of women in air and space
by Jeannine Atkins
Tells the stories of women who have dared to challenge prejudices and rules to take their place in the skies--from Katherine Wright and Bessie Coleman to Jackie Cochran, Shannon Lucid, and Eileen Collins.
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Ladies first : women athletes who made a difference
by Ken Rappoport
Chronicles the stories of pioneering women athletes who established themselves as role models in their respective sports, featuring such individuals as gymnast Nadia Comaneci, jockey Julie Krone and dog-sled racer Susan Butcher.
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