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Rad American women A-Z / written by Kate Schatz ; illustrated by Miriam Klein Stahl.

Schatz, Kate, (author.). Klein Stahl, Miriam, (illustrator.).

Summary:

"Profiled are 26 American women from the 18th through 21st centuries, who have made-or are still making--history as artists, writers, teachers, lawyers, or athletes. The women come from a variety of economic and ethnic backgrounds and many had to overcome extreme hardships. One woman represents each alphabetical letter beginning with Angela Davis, an activist, teacher, and writer, and concludes with Zora Neale Hurston, an anthropologist and writer."--Publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0872866831
  • ISBN: 9780872866836
  • Physical Description: 1 volume (unnumbered pages) : color illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm
  • Publisher: San Francisco : City Lights Books, [2015]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references.
Formatted Contents Note:
Angela Davis -- Billie Jean King -- Carol Burnett -- Dolores Huerta -- Ella Baker -- Florence Griffith-Joyner -- The Grimke sisters -- Hazel Scott -- Isadora Duncan -- Jovita Idar -- Kate Bornstein -- Lucy Parsons -- Maya Lin -- Nellie Bly -- Odetta -- Patti Smith -- "Queen Bessie" Coleman -- Rachel Carson -- Sonia Sotomayor -- Temple Grandin -- Ursula K. LeGuin -- Virginia Apgar -- Wilma Mankiller -- X -- Yuri Kochiyama -- Zora Neale Hurston.
Target Audience Note:
1040L Lexile
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader AR MG 6.7 2 190982.
Subject: Odetta, 1930-2008 > Juvenile literature.
Apgar, Virginia, 1909-1974 > Juvenile literature.
Baker, Ella, 1903-1986 > Juvenile literature.
Bly, Nellie, 1864-1922 > Juvenile literature.
Bornstein, Kate, 1948- > Juvenile literature.
Burnett, Carol > Juvenile literature.
Carson, Rachel, 1907-1964 > Juvenile literature.
Coleman, Bessie, 1892-1926 > Juvenile literature.
Davis, Angela Y. (Angela Yvonne), 1944- > Juvenile literature.
Duncan, Isadora, 1877-1927 > Juvenile literature.
Grandin, Temple > Juvenile literature.
Griffith Joyner, Florence Delorez, 1959-1998 > Juvenile literature.
Grimké, Angelina Emily, 1805-1879 > Juvenile literature.
Grimké, Sarah, 1792-1873 > Juvenile literature.
Huerta, Dolores, 1930- > Juvenile literature.
Hurston, Zora Neale > Juvenile literature.
Idar, Jovita, 1885-1946 > Juvenile literature.
King, Billie Jean > Juvenile literature.
Kochiyama, Yuri > Juvenile literature.
Le Guin, Ursula K., 1929-2018 > Juvenile literature.
Lin, Maya, 1959- > Juvenile literature.
Mankiller, Wilma, 1945-2010 > Juvenile literature.
Parsons, Lucy E. (Lucy Eldine), 1853-1942 > Juvenile literature.
Scott, Hazel > Juvenile literature.
Smith, Patti > Juvenile literature.
Sotomayor, Sonia, 1954- > Juvenile literature.
Women > Biography > Juvenile literature.
Women > United States > Biography > Juvenile literature.
Women.
Womyn.
Genre: Biographies.

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Lee County Library.

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Lee County Main Library J 920.72 S (Text) 33262003243486 Juvenile Nonfiction Available -