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REMARKABLE WOMEN
Biographies for Children

 

Addams, Jane
JE
361.92
Addams
Armentr
Jane Addams
J /
361.92
Addams
Harvey
Jane Addams: Nobel Prize Winner and Founder of Hull House

Anthony, Susan B

J
305.4209
Anthony
Collier

The Susan B. Anthony You Never Knew

Bethune, Mary McLeod
JE
370.92
Carson
Burby
Mary McLeod Bethune

J
370.92
Bethune
Wolfe

Mary McLeod Bethune

Carson, Rachel
JE
570.92
Carson
Burby
Rachel Carson: Writer and Environmentalist
J
570.92
Carson
Ehrlich
Rachel: The Story of Rachel Carson

Clark, Eugenie
J
597.092
Clark
Ross
Fish Watching with Eugenie Clark

Eastwood, Alice
J
581.092
Eastwood
Ross
Flower Watching With Alice Eastwood

Fossey, Dian
J
599.884
Fossey
Mara
Dian Fossey: Among the Gorillas

Goodall, Jane
J
599.885
Goodall
The Chimpanzees I Love: Saving Their World and Ours

Hurston, Zora Neale
JE
813.52
Hurston
McKissac
Zora Neale Hurston: Writer and Storyteller
J
813.52
Hurston
Porter
Jump at de Sun: The Story of Zora Neale Hurston

Jemison, Mae
J
629.45
Jemison
Alagna
Mae Jemison : The First African American Woman in Space
JE 629.45
Jemison Burby
Mae Jemison: The First African-American Woman Astronaut

Jordan, Barbara
J /
328.7309
Jordan
Mendels
Barbara Jordan: Getting Things Done

Keller, Helen
JE
362.4109
Keller
Sutclif
Helen Keller
J
362.4109
Keller
Who Was Helen Keller?

Mayer, Maria Goeppert
J /
530.092
Mayer
Ferry
Maria Goeppert Mayer

Ochoa, Ellen 
JE
629.45
Ochoa
Jaffe
Ellen Ochoa
J
629.45
Ochoa
Paige
Ellen Ochoa: The First Hispanic Woman in Space

Parks, Rosa 
JE
323.092
Parks
I Am Rosa Parks

Roosevelt, Eleanor 
JE
973.917
Rooseve
McLeese
Eleanor Roosevelt
J /
973.917
Rooseve
Winget
Eleanor Roosevelt

Stanton, Elizabeth Cady
JE
324.623
Stanton
Davis
Elizabeth Cady Stanton: A Photo-Illustrated Biogrpahy
J
305.4209
Stanton
Bohanno
Women's Rights and Nothing Less: The Story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton

Terrell, Mary Church
JE
323.092
Terrell
McKissa
Mary Church Terrell: Leader for Equality

Truth, Sojourner
JE
305.567
Truth
McKissa
Sojourner Truth: A Voice for Freedom
J
305.567
Truth
Butler
Sojourner Truth: From Slave to Activist for Freedom

Uchida, Yoshiko
J
813.54
Uchida
The Invisible Thread

Wells-Barnett, Ida B.
J /
323.092
Wells
Lisandr
Ida B. Wells-Barnett: Crusader Against Lynching

J
323.082
Wells
Fradin

Ida B. Wells: Mother of the Civil Rights Movement


Woodhull, Victoria
J
305.4209
Woodhull
Krull
A Woman for President: The Story of Victoria Woodhull


Santa Clara County Library
Children's Services
Compiled by Jill Lakstigala
September 2005

 
 
 


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