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Publisher
Casa Promesa, una división de Barbour Publishing, Inc
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
Español
Description
¡Las niñas transforman el mundo, y estas historias inspiradoras lo prueban! Exclusivamente para niñas de ocho años en adelante, esta recopilación de 100 relatos extraordinarios de mujeres de fe —de la Biblia, de la historia y de hoy— las empoderará para que sepan y entiendan cómo las mujeres han marcado la diferencia en el mundo y lo pequeña que sería nuestra fe (y el registro bíblico) sin ellas. Presenta ilustraciones a toda...
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
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Description
The professional basketball player and 2016 Olympic gold medalist shares her inspirational story of overcoming the challenges of competitive sports through balancing hard work and the support of family.
85) Wilma Rudolph
Author
Series
Publisher
Carolrhoda Books
Pub. Date
[2000]
Language
English
Description
A biography of the African-American woman who overcame crippling polio as a child to become the first woman to win three gold medals in track in a single Olympics.
Author
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
A picture-book biography of Sojourner Truth, who "was born into slavery but possessed a mind and a vision that knew no bounds. [The book] traces her life from her painful childhood through her remarkable emancipation to her ... leadership in the movement for rights for both women and African Americans"--Publisher marketing.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Abigail Adams was a strong woman far ahead of her time. She urged her husband, President John Adams, to 'remember the ladies' and despite having no formal education herself, she later advocated for equal education in public schools for both boys and girls. She was also the first First Lady to live in the White House! This biography tells the story of Abigail Adams and her role in America's Revolutionary War period"--
Author
Series
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap, An Imprint of Penguin Group (USA) Inc
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Presents the life and accomplishments of the First Lady of the United States, from her childhood in Chicago and her career as a lawyer to her marriage to Barack Obama and her initiatives in the White House.
Author
Language
English
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Description
"Born in 1867 in the "Big Woods" in Wisconsin, Laura experienced both the hardship and the adventure of living on the frontier. It wasn't until after she was sixty that Laura Ingalls Wilder started chronicling those times, which resulted in nine Little House books, a hit TV series that ran for eight years, and her own permanent place as a heroine of the American West"--
Author
Publisher
Carolrhoda Books
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
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Description
This is a picture book biography of Zitkala-a, born Gertrude Simmons Bonnin, a Native American woman at the turn of the 19th century. Zitkala-a was a writer, editor, musician, teacher, and political activist in a time when even basic education was uncommon among Native Americans. Illustrations.
Author
Publisher
Goosebottom Books
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Presents information about the life of the thirteenth-century princess whose wisdom led her to personally rule over a large area of Mongolia and Northern China, and to see to it that her four sons all became great leaders within the empire.
98) Deb Haaland
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"As a child of two military parents, Deb Haaland moved around a lot when she was young before finally settling in Albuquerque to be near family. But she persisted, studying hard and eventually earning a law degree. An enrolled member of the Pueblo Laguna nation, Deb was one of the first two Native American women to be elected to Congress, where she represented New Mexico's 1st District. In 2021, when the Senate confirmed her as President Biden's secretary...
Author
Publisher
Second Story Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Discover nine ordinary women who took extraordinary measures to save lives during the Holocaust, resisting terror and torture while undercover or in hiding, in concentration camps, in forests, and in exile. Overlooked by history, they leapt from fear to action with bravery that deserves recognition."--
100) Georgia O'Keeffe
Author
Publisher
Lincoln Children's Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Presents information about Georgia O'Keeffe, from her childhood in Wisconsin where she developed her fascination with nature to her exhibits around the world.
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