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Amazing American women : 40 fascinating 5-minute reads
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Amazing American women : 40 fascinating 5-minute reads

Author: Kendall F Haven
Publisher: Englewood, Colo. : Libraries Unlimited, 1995.
Edition/Format: Book : Biography : EnglishView all editions and formats
Summary: 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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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.

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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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