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Synopsis
The stories of eight women who overcame many obstacles to achieve their goals.
KLIATT
This compact easy-to-read collection about eight dauntless women is sure to aid the middle-school student with biographical reports. The first American women astronomer, Maria Mitchell, had an intrinsic curiosity about space and read every book about astronomy that she could get her hands on as a child. Harriet Tubman was a slave who led many other slaves to freedom in the North. Marian Anderson was once described by Arturo Toscannini as having a voice that comes "once in a hundred years." Other women include Susan B. Anthony, Bethenia Owens-Adair, Linda Richards, Margaret Bourke-White, and Jackie Cochran. Perfection Learning specializes in books that are high interest for less-able students. KLIATT Codes: J—Recommended for junior high school students. 2000, Perfection Learning, 64p, 23cm, illus, index, $8.95. Ages 13 to 15. Reviewer: Genoveve Rodriguez; YA Lib. Asst., Washoe Cty. Lib., Reno, NV, May 2000 (Vol. 34 No. 3)