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Publisher
Balzar + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
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Althea Gibson was the quickest, tallest, most fearless athlete in 1940s Harlem. She couldn't sit still! When she put her mind to it, the fleet-of-foot girl reigned supreme at every sport--stickball with the boys, basketball with the girls, paddle tennis with anyone who would hit with her. But being the quickest, tallest, most fearless player in Harlem wasn't enough for Althea. She knew she could be a tennis champion. Because of segregation, black...
50) Maya Moore
Author
Series
Publisher
Lerner Publications Co
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Presents the life and accomplishments of the female basketball player.
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
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Description
"Even by 1800s standards, Ada Byron Lovelace had an unusual upbringing. Her strict mother worked hard at cultivating her own role as the long-suffering ex-wife of bad-boy poet Lord Byron while raising Ada in isolation. Tutored by the brightest minds, Ada developed a hunger for mental puzzles, mathematical conundrums, and scientific discovery that kept pace with the breathtaking advances of the industrial and social revolutions taking place in Europe....
Author
Publisher
Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
Español
Description
"En 1848, Mary Walker nació siendo esclava. A los 15 años fue liberada. A los 20, se casó y tuvo su primer hijo. A los 68 aún trabajaba y recogía dinero para su iglesia. A los 114, era el último miembro de su familia que aún vivía. A los 116 años, Mary Walker aprendió a leer. Nunca es demasiado tarde para aprender."--
"A picture book biography sharing the inspiring and incredible true story of the nation's oldest student, Mary Walker, who...
Author
Publisher
A. A. Levine
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
An introduction to the life of Hildegard of Bingen, who lived in a time when women were expected only to obey--not to have visions or speak about them. Yet she did speak, and through her courage became one of the greatest mystics and composers of the medieval age.
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Born a slave, Harriet Tubman was determined not to remain one. She escaped from her owners in Maryland on the Underground Railroad in 1849 and then fearlessly returned 13 times to help guide family members and others to freedom.
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