Search Results: Returned 11 Results, Displaying Titles 1 - 11
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c2010., Juvenile, Delacorte Press Call No: B Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: A look at one of America's most outstanding women, from her remarkable childhood in Birmingham, Alabama, in the 1950s through her rise to the highest echelons of power in the U.S. government.
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2005., Juvenile, Houghton Mifflin Call No: 921 CRANDALL Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Chronicles the life and struggles of Prudence Crandall who, in the 1830s closed her all-white boarding school for girls in Canterbury, Connecticut, and began admitting African-American students; and describes the intense opposition from the townspeople.
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c2005., Houghton Mifflin Call No: HI-INT 370.92 JUR Availability:2 of 2 At Location(s) Summary Note: Biography of the brave woman of Canterbury, Connecticut, who tried to teach African American girls geography, history, reading, philosophy, and chemistry.
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2005., Juvenile, Houghton Mifflin Call No: B Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Chronicles the life and struggles of Prudence Crandall who, in the 1830s closed her all-white boarding school for girls in Canterbury, Connecticut, and began admitting African-American students; and describes the intense opposition from the townspeople.
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2015., Viking, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) Call No: 370.9 TRENT Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Presents the life of the African activist who grew up in rural poverty, went on to receive an education in the United States, and returned to her country of Zimbabwe to rebuild her childhood school.
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[2015], Juvenile, Viking Call No: B TRE Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to watch Summary Note: Presents an autobiographical picture book describing the author growing up in Rhodesia, and dreaming of an education. She writes her dreams on paper and buries them in a tin can. The young woman eventually travels to America for an education, and returns later to open a school in her village.
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2019., Cherry Lake Publishing Call No: B Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: The My Itty-Bitty Bio series are biographies for the earliest readers. This book examines the life of Ida B. Wells in a simple, age-appropriate way that will help children develop word recognition and reading skills. Includes a timeline and other informative backmatter.
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c2008., Adolescent, Enslow Publishers Call No: B BARNETT Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Offers a brief overview of the life of teacher, journalist, and speaker Ida B. Wells-Barnett, focusing on her work as a civil rights activist.
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c1996., Lerner Publications Co. Call No: 92 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Tells the story of the life of Italy's first female physician and the creator of the Montessori method of education.
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c2001., Juvenile, Enslow Call No: B Bet Edition: Rev. ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Great African AmericansSummary Note: Traces the life and achievements of the African-American educator who fought bigotry and racial injustice and sought equality for Blacks in the areas of education and political rights.
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c2008., Juvenile, Peachtree Publishers Call No: B Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: An illustrated biography of African-American civil rights advocate Ida B. Wells. Includes a time line, a bibliography, and background information on lynching.