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Title:

Great women in the struggle : an introduction for young readers / Toyomi Igus, editor ; Toyomi Igus ... [et al.], contributing writers.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

Just Us Books,

Copyright Date:

c1991

Description:

107 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.

Subject:

African American women--Biography.

Other Authors:

Igus, Toyomi.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 100-101) and index.

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 --

Series:

Book of Black heroes ; v. 2

ISBN:

9780940975279 (lib. ed.)
0940975270 (lib. ed.)
9780940975262 (pbk.)
0940975262 (pbk.)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)25099332

LCCN:

91090098

Locations:

DFPC353 -- Ackley Public Library (Ackley)

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

RZPE145 -- Carroll Public Library (Carroll)

UDAX314 -- Charles C. Myers Library (Dubuque)

VGPC334 -- Fayette Community Library (Fayette)

DAPG173 -- Mason City Public Library (Mason City)

KOPC446 -- H.J. Nugen Public Library (New London)

OMAX631 -- Geisler Learning Resource Cntr (Pella)

BGPE251 -- Perry Public Library (Perry)

PSPA964 -- Spillville Public Library (Spillville)

GDPF771 -- Urbandale Public Library (Urbandale)

BKPC251 -- Woodward Public Library (Woodward)