Amelia to Zora : twenty-six women who changed the world / Cynthia Chin-Lee ; illustrated by Megan Halsey and Sean Addy

By: Chin-Lee, Cynthia [author.]Contributor(s): Halsey, Megan [illustrator.] | Addy, Sean [illustrator.]Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Watertown, MA : Charlesbridge, 2008©2005 Edition: First paperback editionDescription: 32 pages : cololor illustrations ; 22x28 cmContent type: text2rdacontent Media type: unmediated2rdamedia Carrier type: volume2rdacarrierISBN: 9781570915239 (paperback)Other title: Amelia to Zora : 26 women who changed the worldSubject(s): Women -- Biography -- Juvenile literature | Alphabet books | Women -- BiographyLOC classification: CT3207 .C44 2008
Contents:
Amelia Earhart (1897-1937), pilot -- Babe Didrikson Zaharias (1914-1956), athlete -- Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin (1900-1980), astronomer -- Dolores Huerta (1930-), union co-founder -- Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962), first lady -- Frida Kahlo (1907-1954), painter -- Grace Hopper (1906- 1992), computer scientist -- Helen Keller (1880-1968), advocate for the disabled -- Imogen Cunningham (1883-1976), photographer -- Jane Goodall (1934-), naturalist -- Kristi Yamaguchi (1971-), ice skating champion -- Lena Horne (1917-), entertainer -- Maya Lin (1959-), architect -- Nawal El Sadaawi (1931-), women's rights activist -- Oprah Winfrey (1954-), talk show host -- Patricia Schroeder (1940-), congresswoman -- Quah Ah (1893-1949), artist -- Rachel Carson (1907-1964), environmentalist -- Daw Aung San Suu Kyi (1945-), democratic leader -- Mother Teresa (1910-1997), servant of the poor -- Ursula Le Guin (1929-), writer -- Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit (1900-1990), diplomat -- Wilma Mankiller (1945-), chief of the Cherokee nation -- Chen Xiefen (1883-1923), journalist -- Yoshiko Uchida (1922-1992), writer -- Zora Neale Hurston (1891-1960), anthropologist, writer
Summary: Twenty-six amazing women; twenty-six amazing stories. From Amelia Earhart, pilot and adventurer, to Zora Neal Hurston, writer and anthropologist, learn about the hardships and triumphs that inspired each woman to change the world around her. Detailed collages and illustrations draw from various events in the women's lives
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 30-31)

Amelia Earhart (1897-1937), pilot -- Babe Didrikson Zaharias (1914-1956), athlete -- Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin (1900-1980), astronomer -- Dolores Huerta (1930-), union co-founder -- Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962), first lady -- Frida Kahlo (1907-1954), painter -- Grace Hopper (1906- 1992), computer scientist -- Helen Keller (1880-1968), advocate for the disabled -- Imogen Cunningham (1883-1976), photographer -- Jane Goodall (1934-), naturalist -- Kristi Yamaguchi (1971-), ice skating champion -- Lena Horne (1917-), entertainer -- Maya Lin (1959-), architect -- Nawal El Sadaawi (1931-), women's rights activist -- Oprah Winfrey (1954-), talk show host -- Patricia Schroeder (1940-), congresswoman -- Quah Ah (1893-1949), artist -- Rachel Carson (1907-1964), environmentalist -- Daw Aung San Suu Kyi (1945-), democratic leader -- Mother Teresa (1910-1997), servant of the poor -- Ursula Le Guin (1929-), writer -- Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit (1900-1990), diplomat -- Wilma Mankiller (1945-), chief of the Cherokee nation -- Chen Xiefen (1883-1923), journalist -- Yoshiko Uchida (1922-1992), writer -- Zora Neale Hurston (1891-1960), anthropologist, writer

Twenty-six amazing women; twenty-six amazing stories. From Amelia Earhart, pilot and adventurer, to Zora Neal Hurston, writer and anthropologist, learn about the hardships and triumphs that inspired each woman to change the world around her. Detailed collages and illustrations draw from various events in the women's lives