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Combines historical perspective with personal profiles of inventors to explain the events that influenced the development of such items as plastic, rockets, & television. Provides accounts of ten significant twentieth-century inventions and the people behind them, including the Wright brothers and their airplane, Robert Goddard and his rocket, and Gordon Gould and his laser. Each volume in the American Profiles series provides middle and high school...
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A collective biography of important American women who fought for the female right to vote, including Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, Sojourner Truth, Lucy Stone, Victoria Woodhull, Amelia Jenks Bloomer, Mary Church Terrell, Alice Paul, Carrie Cahpman Catt, and Jeannette Rankin.
15) Black explorers
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Profiles eight black explorers, ranging from pioneers of the 1700s to people working today.
17) Great scientists
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Profiles eight American scientists who have made important contributions to twentieth-century science, including Thomas Hunt Morgan, Robert Oppenheimer, and Linus Pauling.
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