Search Results: Returned 18 Results, Displaying Titles 1 - 18
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c2001., Pre-adolescent, Enslow Call No: B Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Chronicles the life of social reformer Dorothea Dix, providing information on her strict upbringing, her years as a teacher, her work as a Civil War nurse, and her efforts as a lobbyist in Congress.
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2011., Juvenile, Henry Holt and Company Call No: B Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: A dual biography of the lives of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony and the friendship that they formed. Together they challenged entrenched beliefs, customs, and laws that oppressed women and spearheaded the fight to gain legal rights, including the right to vote, despite fierce opposition, daunting conditions, scandalous entanglements, and betrayal by their friends and allies.
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2008., Pre-adolescent, Henry Holt Call No: B Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Publisher description Contributor biographical information Summary Note: A brief biography of the life and achievements of nineteenth-century women's rights activist, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, who fought for a woman's right to vote.
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2016., Disney*Hyperion Call No: B Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Elizabeth Cady Stanton couldn't go to college, become a politician, or even vote. But she didn't let that stop her. She called on women across the nation to stand together and demand to be treated as equal to men - and that included the right to vote.
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-- Sojourner Truthc2004., Pre-adolescent, Rosen Pub., Group Call No: B TRU Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Great moments in American historySummary Note: Relates interviews Sojourner Truth had with Olive Gilbert and Frances Titus which later became published in two books describing Truth's life as a slave, her escape to freedom, and her fight to end slavery and win rights for women.
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c1997., Pre-adolescent, Children's Press Call No: B Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Community buildersSummary Note: Presents the life of the woman whose devotion to social work led to her establishing Hull House in Chicago and who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1931.
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c2002., Enslow Publishers Call No: B Ter Edition: Rev. ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Great African AmericansSummary Note: Simple text and illustrations describe the life and accomplishments of Civil Rights activist Mary Church Terrell.
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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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-- 20 women who made a difference2003., Juvenile, Dutton Children's Books Call No: B Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)
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[2017], Philomel Books Call No: JNF023000 Availability:2 of 2 At Location(s) Summary Note: "A nonfiction picture book compilation of the stories of 13 American women who persisted in overcoming obstacles and changing the world"--Provided by publisher.
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[2017], Juvenile, Philomel Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC Call No: PIC 920.72 SHE Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "A nonfiction picture book compilation of the stories of 13 American women who persisted in overcoming obstacles and changing the world"--Provided by publisher.
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2003, Pre-adolescent, PowerPlus Books Call No: B Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: The library of American lives and times
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Juvenile Call No: Biography TRUTH Availability:0 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Heroes of Black history
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2008., Lerner Publications Co. Call No: B TRU Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: History maker biographiesSummary Note: A brief biography of former slave and women's activist, Sojourner Truth that chronicles her childhood, eventual freedom, and efforts to help former slaves and women.
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2007., Juvenile, Aladdin Call No: B Edition: 1st Aladdin Paperba Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Publisher description Series Title: Ready-to-read.Summary Note: Tells the story of Sojourner Truth, discussing her childhood as a slave, and looking at her work to secure the rights of all women after she gained her freedom.
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-- "Ain't I a woman?" speech2005., Juvenile, RosenCentral Primary Source Call No: B Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Examines the 1851 "Ain't I a Woman" speech by abolitionist and women's rights advocate, Sojourner Truth, and profiles her life and her work within the abolitionist movement, the war and emancipation, and the legacy she left behind.
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c2007., Juvenile, Picture Window Books Call No: B Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: BiographiesSummary Note: Describes the life of one of the first leaders of the campaign for women's rights and who helped organize the women's suffrage movement.
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[2015]., General, Grosset & Dunlap Call No: 921 TRU Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Who was-- ?Summary Note: "Almost 100 years before Rosa Parks refused to give up her bus seat, Sojourner Truth was mistreated by a streetcar conductor. She took him to court--and won! Before she was Sojourner Truth, she was known simply as Belle. Born a slave in New York sometime around 1797, she was later sold and separated from her family. Even after she escaped from slavery, she knew her work was not yet done. She changed her name and traveled, inspiring everyone she met and sharing her story until her death in 1883 at age eighty-six. In this easy-to-read biography, Yona Zeldis McDonough continues to share that remarkable story"-- Provided by publisher.
