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4) 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.
9) 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) Althea Gibson
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English
Description
Follows the life of the first black woman to win the tennis competition at Wimbledon.
11) Phillis Wheatley
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English
Description
Traces the life of the black American poet who was born in Africa, brought over to New England as a slave, and published her first poem while still a teenager.
12) 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.
13) 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.
14) Nellie Bly
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English
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Follows the life of the celebrated reporter, from her early days to her trip around the world and later triumphs.
16) 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.
18) Emily Dickinson
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English
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Follows the life of the reclusive nineteenth-century poet from Amherst, Massachusetts.
19) Susan B. Anthony
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English
Description
A biography of an early leader in the campaign for women's rights, particularly in getting women the right to vote.
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