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Author
Publisher
Charlesbridge
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
pages cm
Language
English
Description
Helen wants to contribute to the war effort after the United States goes to war in 1917--so she joins the Women's Land Army of America, an organization that trains women to do farm work, replacing the workers drafted into the army.
Author
Publisher
Rosen publishing
Pub. Date
1997
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
24p with color photos
Language
English
Description
Includes Index. Briefly traces the life of the first African American woman to go into space, from her childhood in Chicago through her education and work as an doctor to her historic flight.
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2005
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
In 1869, a woman whose "can-do" attitude had shaped her life was instrumental in making Wyoming the first state to allow women to vote, then became the first woman to hold public office in the United States.