Remember the Ladies: 100 Great American Women
Who are the people who shaped America? Lawyers, artists, rebels, guides,  fighters, doctors, athletes, astronomers, airplane pilots, environmentalists,  scientists, politicians, and parents. These men... Wait a second! We're not  talking about men, here. Although American history has always emphasized  Founding Fathers, Sons of Liberty, boys in uniform, etc., there have been  millions of women who have had an equally profound impact on the identity and  character of the country. In 1776 Abigail Adams told her husband, future  president John Adams, to "remember the ladies," when thinking about their new  government. Author Cheryl Harness has taken those words to heart in her  celebration of just 100 of the illustrious, sometimes forgotten women in  American history. Vibrant, well-known women, including Pocahontas, Lucretia Mott, Eleanor  Roosevelt, Toni Morrison, and Madeleine Albright, fill the pages of this  exciting book, as do less familiar women such as Phillis Wheatley, the first  African American to be published (in the 1770s); pioneer Abigail Scott Duniway,  who ran a hat shop, a school, and a newspaper to support her disabled husband  and their six children while campaigning to win equal justice for women; and  Antonia Novello, the first Hispanic woman to be surgeon general. Every page,  chronologically ordered, is packed with illustrations and fascinating,  conversational text. Additional resources (glossary, bibliography, lists of  historic sites and women's organizations, a pictorial timeline, and more) guide  readers to learn more about these remarkable heroines. Girls--and boys--will be  empowered by the tremendous accomplishments of America's best and brightest.  (Ages 8 to 12)--Emilie Coulter--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.