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She persisted : 13 American women who changed the world
Publication Information
New York, NY : Philomel Books, [2017]
Physical Description
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Summary
Profiles the lives of thirteen American women who have left their mark on U.S. history, including Harriet Tubman, Helen Keller, Margaret Chase Smith, and Oprah Winfrey.
Subjects
- Women > United States > Biography > Juvenile literature.
- Women > Biography.
- Enslaved persons > United States > Biography
- African American women > Biography.
- African Americans > Biography.
- African American civil rights workers > Alabama > Montgomery > Biography.
- African Americans > Segregation > History.
- African American children > Biography.
- Deafblind women > United States > Biography.
- Women clothing workers > Biography.
- Women in the labor movement > Biography.
- Journalists > United States > Biography.
- Women journalists > United States > Biography.
- Pediatricians > Biography.
- Women pediatricians > Biography.
- Ballerinas > United States > Biography.
- Osage Indians > Biography.
- Women politicians > United States > Biography.
- Women astronauts > United States > Biography.
- Astronauts > United States > Biography.
- Track and field athletes > United States > Biography.
- Women track and field athletes > United States > Biography.
- Television personalities > United States > Biography.
- Actors > United States > Biography.
- Hispanic American judges > Biography.
- Judges > United States > Biography.
- Women judges > United States > Biography.
- Persistence > Case studies.
- United States. Congress. Senate > Biography.
- Tubman, Harriet, 1822-1913
- Keller, Helen, 1880-1968.
- Lemlich, Clara, 1886-1982.
- Bly, Nellie, 1864-1922.
- Apgar, Virginia, 1909-1974.
- Tallchief, Maria.
- Colvin, Claudette, 1939-
- Bridges, Ruby.
- Smith, Margaret Chase, 1897-1995.
- Ride, Sally.
- Griffith Joyner, Florence Delorez, 1959-1998.
- Winfrey, Oprah.
- Sotomayor, Sonia, 1954-