Catalog Search Results
4) Pocahontas
Author
Publisher
Compass Point Books
Pub. Date
[2002]
Physical Desc
32 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
A brief biography about Pocahontas and her role as peacemaker between the Powhatan tribes and the settlers of Jamestown.
5) Sacagawea
Author
Publisher
Putnam
Pub. Date
[1997]
Physical Desc
xi, 115 pages : maps ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Tells the story of the Shoshoni Indian girl who served as interpreter, peacemaker, and guide for the Lewis and Clark Expedition to the Northwest in 1805-1806.
Author
Series
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
[2002]
Physical Desc
31 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
An introduction to the life and work of Harriet Tubman, who helped free slaves through the Underground Railroad and continued helping freed slaves after the Civil War.
9) Ellen Ochoa
Author
Series
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
2001.
Physical Desc
24 pages : color illustrations ; 16 x 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
A simple biography of the first Hispanic woman astronaut.
10) Harriet Tubman
Author
Series
Publisher
Heinemann Interactive Library
Pub. Date
[1998]
Physical Desc
24 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
A simple biography of the woman who escaped life as a slave and then rescued other slaves as a conductor in the Underground Railroad.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
This biography of Elizabeth Cady Stanton is as spirited as the women's rights pioneer herself.
Who says women shouldn't speak in public? And why can't they vote? These are questions Elizabeth Cady Stanton grew up asking herself. Her father believed that girls didn't count as much as boys, and her own husband once got so embarrassed when she spoke at a convention that he left town. Luckily Lizzie wasn't one to let society stop her from fighting...
Who says women shouldn't speak in public? And why can't they vote? These are questions Elizabeth Cady Stanton grew up asking herself. Her father believed that girls didn't count as much as boys, and her own husband once got so embarrassed when she spoke at a convention that he left town. Luckily Lizzie wasn't one to let society stop her from fighting...
Author
Series
Publisher
DK/Penguin Random House
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First American edition.
Physical Desc
48 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
Presents an illustrated look at the life of American painter, writer, mixed media sculptor, and performance artist, Faith Ringgold.
Author
Series
Publisher
Child's World
Pub. Date
[2003]
Physical Desc
32 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
A biography of Sacagawea, the Shoshoni Indian woman who played an important role in guiding the Lewis and Clark expedition through the Northwest Territory of the United States in 1805-1806.
Author
Series
Publisher
Morgan Reynolds
Pub. Date
[2002]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
112 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
A biography of the eighteenth-century Cherokee Indian woman who did much to help her own people and to assist the colonists in their fight for independence.
16) Harriet Tubman
Author
Series
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
[2002]
Physical Desc
24 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 16 x 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
A brief introduction to the life of Harriet Tubman, who spent her childhood in slavery and later worked to help other slaves escape north to freedom through the Underground Railroad.
Author
Publisher
Millbrook Press
Pub. Date
[2001]
Physical Desc
96 pages : illustrations (some color), color map ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
Examines the important contributions of various women to the World War I on the battlefield, in print, on the home front, and in other areas where they challenged traditional female roles.
Author
Series
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
2000.
Physical Desc
48 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Surveys the life of Harriet Tubman, including her childhood in slavery and her later work in helping other slaves escape north to freedom through the Underground Railroad.
Interlibrary loan through ILLiad
Didn't find what you need? Items not owned by Knox County Public Library can be requested from other libraries to be delivered to your pickup location.
Suggest a purchase
If it is too new for interlibrary loan (6 months), you can place a suggestion with us. Suggest a Purchase