CHILDREN'S
Released: Sept. 1, 2004
"Excellent. (profiles, chronology, resource guide, sources and acknowledgments, bibliography, index) (Nonfiction. 10+)"
Bausum's lucid and nuanced study focuses on 1913–20, the last years of the more than seven decades when women in the US fought for the right to vote.
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CHILDREN'S
Released: March 1, 2005
"An inspiration and a delight. (bibliography, author's note) (Picture book/biography. 5-10)"
With spirited language and marvelous collages, an abecedarium of contemporary women takes flight.
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CHILDREN'S
Released: Jan. 15, 2006
Recent attention paid to pioneer women pilots, long overdue, has produced both individual and collective biographies; this salute to their enterprising spirits flies above the rest.
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CHILDREN'S
Released: Jan. 1, 2008
"Kudos for bringing to light this hidden slice of female history. (introduction, chronology, sources) (Nonfiction. 8-11)"
At a time when women were expected to be domestic angels, this spunky history tracks a handful of female risk-takers who dared to do what they loved despite the danger.
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CHILDREN'S
Released: Dec. 29, 2008
"A valuable resource. (author's note, bibliography, source notes, index) (Nonfiction. 10-14)"
Silvey carefully documents a little-known side to the Civil War: the hundreds of women who fought for both sides.
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CHILDREN'S
Released: Jan. 6, 2009
Well timed to catch the wave of interest that's likely to rise for the bicentennial of Lincoln's birth, this historical tale zeroes in on the personalities of ten-year-old Abe, his mother Nancy and his father Thomas—all as seen through the eyes of his sister Sally, two years his senior.
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