Women of action
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1) Double victory: how African American women broke race and gender barriers to help win World War II
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Chicago Review Press
Pub. Date
c2013
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English
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An account of the lesser-known contributions of African-American women during World War II reveals how they helped lay the foundations for the Civil Rights Movement by challenging racial and gender barriers at home and abroad.
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Chicago Review Press
Pub. Date
2013
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English
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Pearl Witherington Cornioley, one of the most celebrated female World War II resistance fighters, shares her remarkable story in this firsthand account of her experience as a special agent for the British Special Operations Executive (SOE). Told through a series of reminiscences—from a difficult childhood spent in the shadow of World War I and her family's harrowing escape from France as the Germans approached in 1940 to her recruitment and training
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Women aviators: 26 stories of pioneer flights, daring missions, and record-setting journeys
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Chicago Review Press
Pub. Date
2013
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English
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Drawing on journal entries, letters, and song lyrics to evoke the courage and spirit of female pioneers, a collection of portraits traces the lives of such individuals as Amelia Stewart Knight, Miriam Colt, and Clara Brown.
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Chicago Review Press
Pub. Date
2014
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English
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An NCSS Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People 2015
Martha Gellhorn jumped at the chance to fly from Hong Kong to Lashio to report firsthand for Collier's Weekly on the conflict between China and Japan. When she boarded the "small tatty plane" she was handed "a rough brown blanket and a brown paper bag for throwing up." The flight took 16 hours, stopping to refuel twice, and was forced to dip and bob through Japanese occupied...
Martha Gellhorn jumped at the chance to fly from Hong Kong to Lashio to report firsthand for Collier's Weekly on the conflict between China and Japan. When she boarded the "small tatty plane" she was handed "a rough brown blanket and a brown paper bag for throwing up." The flight took 16 hours, stopping to refuel twice, and was forced to dip and bob through Japanese occupied...
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Chicago Review Press
Pub. Date
2014
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English
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A commemoration of brave yet largely forgotten women who served in the First World War
In time for the 2014 centennial of the start of the Great War, this book brings to life the brave and often surprising exploits of 16 fascinating women from around the world who served their countries at a time when most of them didn't even have the right to vote. Readers meet 17-year-old Frenchwoman Emilienne Moreau, who assisted the Allies
...7) Women in space: 23 stories of first flights, scientific missions, and gravity-breaking adventures
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Chicago Review Press
Pub. Date
[2014]
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English
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Stories of the female pilots, physicists, and doctors who broke the stratospheric ceiling.
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Women of steel and stone: 22 inspirational architects, engineers, and landscape designers
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A world of her own: 24 amazing women explorers and adventurers
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Chicago Review Press
Pub. Date
2015.
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English
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"A complete biographical look at the complex life of a world-famous entertainer With determination and audacity, Josephine Baker turned her comic and musical abilities into becoming a worldwide icon of the Jazz Age. The Many Faces of Josephine Baker: Dancer, Singer, Activist, Spy provides the first in-depth portrait of this remarkable woman for young adults. Author Peggy Caravantes follows Baker's life from her childhood in the depths of poverty to...
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She takes a stand: 16 fearless activists who have changed the world
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Women heroes of the American Revolution: 20 stories of espionage, sabotage, defiance, and rescue
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Women in blue: 16 brave officers, forensics experts, police chiefs, and more
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Women of Colonial America: 13 stories of courage and survival in the New World
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Seized by the sun: the life and disappearance of World War II pilot Gertrude Tompkins
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Chicago Review Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
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English
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One of just a handful of women reporting on the Vietnam War, Kate Webb was captured by North Vietnamese troops and presumed dead--until she emerged from the jungle waving a piece of white parachute material after 23 days in captivity. Le Ly Hayslip enjoyed a peaceful early childhood in a Vietnamese farming village before war changed her life forever. Brutalized by all sides, she escaped to the United States, where she eventually founded two humanitarian...