Search Results: Returned 14 Results, Displaying Titles 1 - 14
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2006., Henry Holt and Co. Call No: 920 COLMAN Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Presents eight biographical essays about adventurous women, including Louise Boyd, Juana Briones, Alice Hamilton, Biddy Mason, and Peggy Hull. Contains the story of Mary McLeod Bethune, who opened a school for African-American girls in Daytona Beach, Florida, in 1904, at a time when schools were still segregated. Discusses Katharine Wormeley, who worked aboard hospital ships and helped save the lives of many sick and wounded soldiers, leaving behind an in-depth correspondence. And, also describes the life of Mary Gibson Henry was a botanical scientist, always searching for new botanical species.
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2006., Henry Holt and Co. Call No: 920 COLMAN Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Presents eight biographical essays about adventurous women, including Louise Boyd, Juana Briones, Alice Hamilton, Biddy Mason, and Peggy Hull. Contains the story of Mary McLeod Bethune, who opened a school for African-American girls in Daytona Beach, Florida, in 1904, at a time when schools were still segregated. Discusses Katharine Wormeley, who worked aboard hospital ships and helped save the lives of many sick and wounded soldiers, leaving behind an in-depth correspondence. And, also describes the life of Mary Gibson Henry was a botanical scientist, always searching for new botanical species.
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2020., Bellwether Media Call No: 910.91632 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Blastoff! readers.Summary Note: From exploring 1,000 miles of the Arctic tundra on dogsled to skiing across Antarctica, Ann Bancroft is no stranger to adventure! Her travels have taken her all around the world, making the outdoors her classroom. Discover the life of this explorer through engaging text and photos in this low-level title. Special features include a profile, career timeline, and inspirational quotes.
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2001., Juvenile, Linnet Call No: 919.8904 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: A true story of the American Women's Trans-Antarctic Expedition, known as AWE, in 1993.
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c1999., Pre-adolescent, Free Spirit Publishing Call No: 305.2420922 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Twenty-five young women share their adventures in such activities as skydiving, building homes, and mountain climbing, demonstrating the value of courage, commitment, and a positive attitude.
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2016., Adolescent, Chicago Review Press Call No: Biography NF CAR Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Women of action (Chicago, Ill.)Summary Note: "In 1921, four men ventured into the Arctic for a top-secret expedition: an attempt to claim uninhabited Wrangel Island in northern Siberia for Canada. With the men was a young Inuit woman named Ada Blackjack, who had signed on as cook and seamstress to earn money to care for her sick son. Conditions soon turned dire for the team when they were unable to kill enough game to survive. Three of the men tried to cross the frozen Chukchi Sea for help but were never seen again, leaving Ada with one remaining team member who soon died of scurvy. Determined to be reunited with her son, Ada learned to survive alone in the icy world by trapping foxes, catching seals, and avoiding polar bears. After she was finally rescued in August 1923, after two years total on the island, Ada became a celebrity, with newspapers calling her a real "female Robinson Crusoe.""--Provided by publisher.
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c2011., Juvenile, Houghton Mifflin Books for Children Call No: B Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Explores Annie Edson Taylor's life-changing decision to ride over Niagara Falls in a barrel. Discusses how she came up with and executed this idea and reveals how the American public reacted to her feat.
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1993., Walker and Company Call No: B BUTCHER Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Describes the annual dog sled race from Anchorage to Nome, Alaska, and the life of the woman who was the first person to win it for three consecutive years.
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c2001., Pantheon Books Call No: B Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: A collection of true stories about women from different historical eras who have gone against society's expectations and made a name for themselves.
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c2001., Pantheon Books Call No: B Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Celebrates the lives of women whose roles in society were marked by adventure, rebellion, and distinctively non-conforming gender roles including Joan of Arc, Cleopatra, Amelia Earhart, Daisy Bates, and Mata Hari.
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[2013]., Juvenile, Grosset & Dunlap Call No: B Wil Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to view Summary Note: "Born in 1867 in the "Big Woods" in Wisconsin, Laura experienced both the hardship and the adventure of living on the frontier. It wasn't until after she was sixty that Laura Ingalls Wilder started chronicling those times, which resulted in nine Little House books, a hit TV series that ran for eight years, and her own permanent place as a heroine of the American West"--
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-- Laura Ingalls Wilder2013, Pre-adolescent, Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) LLC Call No: JNF007020 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Who was-- ?Summary Note: Chronicles the life and career of Laura Ingalls Wilder, the author of the Little House on the Prairie books, which she based on her own experiences while growing up on the wild frontier.
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-- Laura Ingalls Wilder[2013]., Pre-adolescent, Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) LLC Call No: Biography WILDER Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Who was-- ?Summary Note: Chronicles the life and career of Laura Ingalls Wilder, the author of the Little House on the Prairie books, which she based on her own experiences while growing up on the wild frontier.
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c2001., C. Potter Call No: 920.72 Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Tells the stories of over eighty women explorers and adventurers who challenged the physical and social limitations of their times to expand the world's body of knowledge, including tenth-century Viking Unn the Deep Minded, botanical painter Anna Maria Sibylla Merian, and aviator Beryl Markham.