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| Material Type: | Biography |
|---|---|
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Kendall F Haven |
| ISBN: | 1563082918 9781563082917 |
| OCLC Number: | 32347592 |
| Description: | xxii, 305 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | Stories about women's and civil rights: Free and equal -- Travelin' truth -- Property or person? -- Conductor on the train -- Not our way -- Right dress -- Vote to win -- Coffee and a roast beef sandwich -- Go ahead and shoot -- Stories about Politics: Indian and English -- Presidential tracks -- Convention halls and cowtown saloons -- Save the fire -- Alone I stand -- Madam president -- Only Eleanor -- Stories about sports: Stroke, breathe, kick, glide -- Bat-her up! -- Stories about science and exploration: Woman led the way -- Cup of science -- Bring your notebook -- Wings of courage -- Sounds of spring -- Monkey business -- Stories about education: T-E-A-C-H-E-R -- Ask not; get not -- Stories about medicine: Out of darkness -- Joke's on them -- Barton's bandages -- Stories about military services: Water and fire -- Surrendering to a woman -- Private petticoat -- Stories about business: Red, white, and Betsy -- Wild west whip -- Hair-brained idea -- Stories about visual, written, and performing arts: Second-best sister -- Pigtails and buckshot -- Pen for the pain -- Chance to dance -- Aim, focus, shoot -- Appendix A -- Appendix B -- Index -- About the author. |
| Responsibility: | Kendall Haven ; with a foreword by Molly Murphy MacGregor. |
Abstract:
Haven tells the stories of the first American woman doctor, the first social worker, the first American woman to fly a plane, the first U.S. congresswoman, and 36 other women of note. His concise, action-packed stories will enlighten and inspire all.
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