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Great women in the struggle : an introduction for young readers / Toyomi Igus, editor ; Toyomi Igus , Veronica Freeman Ellis, Diane Patrick, Valerie Wilson Wesley, contributing writers.
LIBRA - Rare E185.96 .G74 1991 Banks copy
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- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Book of Black heroes ; v. 2.
- Book of Black heroes ; v. 2
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- African American women--Biography--Juvenile literature.
- African American women.
- African American women--Biography.
- Black women--Biography.
- Heroes and heroines.
- Local Subjects:
- Black women--Biography.
- Heroes and heroines.
- Genre:
- Literature.
- Juvenile works.
- Biographies.
- Penn Provenance:
- Banks, Joanna (donor) (Banks Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- 4 unnumbered pages, 107 pages, 1 unnumbered page : illustrations, portraits ; 28 cm.
- Edition:
- First Edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Orange, NJ : Just Us Books, Inc., 1991.
- Summary:
- More than 80 historical and contemporary women of African descent are spotlighted in this volume of the Black Heroes series.
- Contents:
- Freedom fighters : breaking down barriers. Queen Nzingha
- Soujourner Truth
- Harriet Tubman
- Ellen Craft
- Mary Church Terrell
- Ida B. Wells
- Amy-Jacques Garvey
- Queen Mother Goose
- Ella Baker
- Clara M. Hale
- Dorothy I. Height
- Rosa Parks
- Fannie Lou Hamer
- Coretta S. King
- Winnie Mandela
- Marian W. Edelman
- Angela Y. Davis.
- Educators : building strong foundations. Fannie J. Coppin
- Charlotte F. Grimké
- Lucy C. Laney
- Mary M. Bethune
- Septima P. Clark
- Daisy Bates
- Jean B. Hutson
- Marva N. Collins
- Mary H. Futrell.
- Writers & fine artists : the power of creativity. Phillis Wheatley
- Frances W. Harper
- Edmonia Lewis
- Augusta Savage
- Zora N. Hurston
- Margaret Walker
- Gwendolyn Brooks
- Alice Childress
- Maya Angelou
- Lorraine Hansberry
- Toni Morrison
- Alice Walker
- Lorna Simpson.
- Performing artists : bearing witness through self expression. Hattie McDaniel
- Marian Anderson
- Mary Lou Williams
- Katherine Dunham
- Mahalia Jackson
- Lena Horne
- Ella Fitzgerald
- Ruby Dee
- Sarah Vaughan
- Leontyne Price
- Miriam Makeba
- Nina Simone
- Cicely Tyson
- Aretha Franklin
- Judith Jamison.
- Athletes : the spirit of champions. Alice Coachman
- Althea Gibson
- Wilma Rudolph
- Florence G. Joyner
- Cheryl Miller.
- Entrepreneurs : taking care of business. Biddy Mason
- Madame C.J. Walker
- Maggie L. Walker
- Susan Taylor
- Suzanne de Passe
- Phyllis T. Vinson
- Oprah Winfrey.
- Lawyers & policy makers : forging equal justice. Charlotte E. Ray
- Edith Sampson
- Shirley Chisholm
- Constance B. Motley
- Cardiss Collins
- Yvonne B. Burke
- Barbara Jordan
- Eleanor H. Norton
- Maxine Waters.
- Scientists & healers : exploring without boundaries. Mary E. Mahoney
- Rebecca J. Cole
- Susie King Taylor
- Bessie Coleman
- Jane C. Wright
- Jewel Plummer Cobb
- Clarice D. Reid
- Faye Wattleton
- Mae C. Jemison.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 100-101) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Kislak Center Banks Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2018 by Joanna Banks.
- ISBN:
- 0940975262
- 9780940975262
- 0940975270
- 9780940975279
- OCLC:
- 25099332
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