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Eight True Stories About Women Who Made a Difference

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An edition of Adventurous Women (2006)

Adventurous Women

Eight True Stories About Women Who Made a Difference

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The work dedicates one chapter in a bibliographical essay format to a courageous woman's life and impact.

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Henry Holt and Co.
Language
English

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Subjects
Biography, Adventure and adventurers, Women adventurers, Women, Adventure and adventurers -- Biography., Adventure and adventurers, juvenile literature, Women, biography
People
Louise Boyd, Mary Gibson Henry, Juana Briones, Alice Hamilton, Mary McLeod Bethune, Katharine Wormeley, Biddy Mason, Peggy Hull

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Table of Contents

Author's Note Page 3 Chapter 1. "Cold? Yes... I Love It", Louise Arner Boyd : Arctic Explorer Page 9 Chapter 2. "Blank Spots on the Maps", Mary Gibson Henry : Plant Hunter Page 26 Chapter 3. "A Preeminent Woman", Juana Briones : Enterprising Family Head Page 46 Chapter 4. "Great Louds of Yellow and Orange Fumes", Alice Hamilton : Supersleuth Page 61 Chapter 5. "I Will Build Them Again", Mary McLeod Bethune : Passionate Educator Page 85 Chapter 6. "Whirlwind of Work", Katharine Prescott Wormeley : Daring Superindendent Page 101 Letter Excerpts Page 112 Chapter 7. "For the Sum of Love and Affection and Ten Dollars", Biddy Mason : Fierce Fighter Page 127 Chapter 8. "To Be Somebody", Peggy Hull : Resolute Reporter. Page 140 Very Brief Chronologies Page 158 Places to Visit Page 161 Namesakes Page 163 Acknowledgements Page 165 Source Notes Page 166 Selected Bibliography Page 175 Webliography Page 180 Photo Credits Page 182 Index Page 184

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Includes bibliographical references.

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New York, USA
Genre
Biography.
Copyright Date
2006

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Dewey Decimal Class
920.72, B
Library of Congress
CT9970 .C65 2006, CT9970.C65 2006

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Format
Hardcover
Pagination
186p.

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Open Library
OL3426476M
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adventurouswomen00colm
ISBN 10
0805077448
ISBN 13
9780805077445
LCCN
2005050311
OCLC/WorldCat
61151611
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2943492
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304403

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