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3) Helen Keller
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English
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Describes how a woman left blind and deaf from a childhood illness overcame her handicaps to become a noted writer and humanitarian.
8) Jane Addams
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English
Description
Jane Addams helped immigrants by founding the first settlement house, Hull House, in Chicago. This is a thorough & well-organized book. It describes her efforts to challenge social conventions -- attending college during a time (the late 1800s) when few women had that opportunity. She later devoted her life to working to help the poor & change the attitudes & treatment of the less fortunate.
10) Abigail Adams
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English
Description
Chronicles the life and achievements of the wife of the second president of the United States.
11) Grandma Moses
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English
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A biography of the American primitive painter who, at the age of seventy-six, without ever having had an art lesson, began painting realistic scenes of rural life which were critically acclaimed and made her famous.
12) Clara Barton
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English
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Follows the life of the nurse who served on the battlefields of the Civil War and later founded the American Red Cross.
13) Amelia Earhart
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English
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A biography of the aviation pioneer who was the first woman to fly alone across the Atlantic.
14) Susan B. Anthony
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English
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A biography of an early leader in the campaign for women's rights, particularly in getting women the right to vote.
16) Emily Dickinson
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English
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Follows the life of the reclusive nineteenth-century poet from Amherst, Massachusetts.
17) Emma Goldman
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English
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A biography of the political activist who was imprisoned and deported for advocating such causes as anarchism, birth control, women's rights, and for opposing the draft during World War I.
20) Mae West
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English
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Traces the life of the stage and screen performer, from her Brooklyn childhood and vaudeville period to success in Hollywood and the final years.
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