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03810aamaa2200433Ii 4500 001 11559E9A4C2B11ECAC4B6F2A3AECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20211123010027 008 190614s2018 njua j b 001 0ceng d 020 $a 0940975262 020 $a 9780940975262 035 $a (OCoLC)1104536863 040 $a BXM $b eng $e rda $c BXM $d OCLCF $d OCL $d IOB $d SILO 100 1 $a Igus, Toyomi, $e author. 245 00 $a Great women in the struggle : $b an introduction for young readers / $c Toyomi Igus, Veronica Freeman Ellis, Diane Patrick, Valerie Wilson Wesley. 264 1 $a East Orange, NJ : $b Just Us Books, Inc., $c [2018] 300 $a 104 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 28 cm. 490 1 $a Book of Black heroes ; $v v. 2 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 500 $a Originally published in 1991. 505 0 $a Freedom fighters : breaking down barriers. Queen Nzingha -- Soujourner Truth -- Harriet Tubman -- Ellen Craft -- Mary Church Terrell -- Ida B. Wells -- Amy-Jacques Garvey -- Queen Mother Moore -- Ella Baker -- Clara M. Hale -- Dorothy I. Height -- Rosa Parks -- Fannie Lou Hamer -- Coretta Scott King -- Winnie Mandela -- Marian Wright Edelman -- Angela Yvonne Davis. 505 0 $a Educators : building strong foundations. Fannie Jackson Coppin -- Charlotte Forten GrimkeÌ -- Lucy Craft Laney -- Mary McLeod Bethune -- Septima Poinsette Clark -- Daisy Bates -- Jean Blackwell Hutson -- Marva Nettles Collins -- Mary Hatwood Futrell. 505 0 $a Writers & fine artists : the power of creativity. Phillis Wheatley -- Frances Ellen Watkins Harper -- Edmonia Lewis -- Augusta Savage -- Zora Neale Hurston -- Margaret Walker -- Gwendolyn Brooks -- Alice Childress -- Maya Angelou -- Lorraine Hansberry -- Toni Morrison -- Alice Walker -- Lorna Simpson. 505 0 $a 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. 505 0 $a Athletes : the spirit of champions. Alice Coachman -- Althea Gibson -- Wilma Rudolph -- Florence Griffith Joyner -- Cheryl Miller. 505 0 $a Entrepreneurs : taking care of business. Biddy Mason -- Madame C.J. Walker -- Maggie Lena Walker -- Susan Taylor -- Suzanne de Passe -- Phyllis Tucker Vinson -- Oprah Winfrey. 505 0 $a Lawyers & policy makers : forging equal justice. Charlotte E. Ray -- Edith Sampson -- Shirley Chisholm -- Constance Baker Motley -- Cardiss Collins -- Yvonne Braithwaite Burke -- Barbara Jordan -- Eleanor Holmes Norton -- Maxine Waters -- Michelle Robinson Obama. 505 0 $a Scientists & healers : exploring without boundaries. Mary Eliza Mahoney -- Rebecca J. Cole -- Susie King Taylor -- Bessie Coleman -- Jane C. Wright -- Jewel Plummer Cobb -- Clarice D. Reid -- Faye Wattleton -- Mae C. Jemison. 521 1 $a Ages 9-12. 520 $a Contains short biographies of 85 historical and contemporary African American women who have contributed a wide range of achievements and accomplishments to the history of women in America. The biographies are followed by a Chronology of events from the 1500s to 2016 as well as Source Notes, an Index, About the Authors and Acknowledgments. 650 0 $a African American women $v Juvenile literature. $v Juvenile literature. 700 1 $a Ellis, Veronica Freeman, $e author. 700 1 $a Patrick, Diane, $d 1955- $e author. 700 1 $a Wesley, Valerie Wilson, $e author. 830 0 $a Book of Black heroes ; $v v. 2. 941 $a 1 952 $l UUAX975 $d 20211123010901.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=11559E9A4C2B11ECAC4B6F2A3AECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b IOBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search