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Publication: 16 Extraordinary American Women

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Title: 16 Extraordinary American Women
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Publisher: J. Weston Walch Publisher
Year: 1996
Number of Pages 123
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ISBN: 0825128080 (Database would not accept this entry)
Illustrated/ photographs.  16 biographies for prominent 
American women.  Each biography is present in a concise
manner, with photographs and straightforward vocabulary. 
Each biography has five parts: the story, a "Remembering
the Facts" Q&A, an "Understanding the Story" Q&A, a
"Getting the Main Idea" prompt, and "Applying What You've
Learned."  Featured biographies:
Helen Keller -- Eleanor Roosevelt -- Georgia O'Keeffe --
Julia Morgan -- Wilma P. Mankiller -- Rachel Carson --
Dorothea Lange -- Rosalyn Sussman Yalow -- Ella Fitzgerald
-- Ruth Bader Ginsberg -- Ka'iulani of Hawaii -- Barbara
Jordan -- Donna Karan -- Elizabeth Cochrane Seaman (Nellie
Bly) -- Nikki Giovanni -- Bonnie Blair.
Topics / Keywords: child and youth literature, materials, nonfiction, biography, women, American, United States, history
Section: Child & Youth Lit
Resource Type: Materials/Learner Writings
Location: Bookshelves
Copies: 1
Entry Date: July 5th 2006
Last Updated: April 2nd 2008

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