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Jean Jennings Bartik: computer pioneer (Notable Missourians)
By Kim D. Todd. 2015
At a time when many people thought women could not work in technical fields like science and mathematics, Jean Bartik…
became one of the world's first computer programmers. For grades 4-7Ella Ewing: the Missouri giantess (Notable Missourians)
By Jason Offutt. 2016
At eight feet, 4 inches tall, Ella Kate Ewing was the tallest woman in the world while she lived. She…
grew up on a Missouri farm, but because of her height became famous, traveling far and wide as a circus performer. For grades 4-7Luella Agnes Owen: going where no lady had gone before (Goldminds Time Traveler series #1)
By Billie Holladay Skelley. 2015
Luella Agnes Owen was a female pioneer in the study of caves. Luella had to overcome many obstacles to reach…
her goal of becoming a scientist, she became one of the world’s leading authorities on caves at a time when such a career was unusual for a woman. For grades 3-6Dr. Kate: angel on snowshoes (Badger Biographies Ser.)
By Rebecca Hogue Wojahn, Rebecca Wojahn. 2009
Biography of the life of Kate Pelham, describing her success of building a hospital in Northern Wisconsin with the help…
from the Million Penny Paraders. Part of the Badger Biographies Series. For grades 4-7Olive Boone: frontier woman (Notable Missourians)
By John Hare, Greta Russell. 2014
Olive Boone lived in Missouri in the early 1800s. Her husband, Nathan, was often away on hunting and trading trips,…
leaving her to maintain the family farm and raise their fourteen children alone. She helped her family survive and prosper on the dangerous American frontier. For grades 4-7Marie Meyer Fower: barnstormer (Notable Missourians)
By Christine Montgomery. 2015
When Marie Meyer got her pilot's license in 1921, she was one of the first women in Missouri to qualify…
to fly an airplane. But Marie was not just a pilot, she was a barnstormer and wing-walker. For grades 4-7The daring Nellie Bly: America's star reporter
By Bonnie Christensen. 2003
Introduces the life of Nellie Bly who, as a "stunt reporter" for the New York World newspaper in the late…
1800s, championed women's rights and traveled around the world faster than anyone ever had. For grades 2-4The V-word: true stories about first-time sex
By Amber J. Keyser. 2016
An honest and poignant collection of essays by women about losing their virginity in their teens.The V-Word captures the complexity…
of this important life-decision and reflects diverse real-world experiences. Includes helpful resources for parents and teens. Explicit descriptions of sex and strong languageJessie Benton Frémont, Missouri's trailblazer: Missouri's Trailblazer (Missouri Heritage Readers Ser. #1)
By Ilene Stone, Suzanna M. Grenz. 2005
A biography of Missouri native, Jessie Benton Fremont, daughter of Senator Thomas Hart Benton and wife of army explorer and…
first Republican Party nominee John Charles Fremont, that describes her childhood, family, marriage, and life as a writer and firm opponent of slaveryInto the spotlight: four Missouri women (Missouri Heritage Readers Ser. #1)
By Margot Ford McMillen, Heather Roberson. 2004
Profiles the lives and achievements of four women who played important roles in the history of Missouri, including Sacred Sun…
a Native American woman of the Osage tribe; Emily Jane Newell Blair, who worked to secure voting rights for women; African-American performer Josephine Baker, and First Lady Bess Wallace TrumanThree little words: a memoir
By Ashley Rhodes-Courter. 2008
Ashley Rhodes-Courter spent nine years of her life in fourteen different foster homes. As her mother spirals out of control,…
she is left clinging to an unpredictable, dissolving relationship, all the while getting pulled deeper and deeper into the foster care system. Some violence, some strong language, and some descriptions of sex. For high school and adult readersTemple Grandin: how the girl who loved cows embraced autism and changed the world
By Temple Grandin, Sy Montgomery. 2012
An authorized portrait about Grandin's life with autism and her groundbreaking work as a scientist and designer of cruelty-free livestock…
facilities describes how she overcame key disabilities through education and the support of her mother. For grades 5-8Called to courage: four women in Missouri history (Missouri Heritage Readers Ser. #1)
By Margot Ford McMillen, Heather Roberson. 2002
Profiles the lives and achievements of four women who played important roles in the history of Missouri, including Native American…
Ignon Quaconisen, pioneer Olive Boone, African-American Martha Jane Chisley, and businesswoman Nell DonnellyDon't let the fire go out!
By Jean Carnahan. 2004
Jean Carnahan shares how the slogan "Don't Let the Fire Go Out!" helped her confront life's challenges after her husband,…
son, and longtime friend were killed in a plane crash in 2000Immigrant women in the settlement of Missouri (Missouri Heritage Readers Ser. #1)
By Robyn Burnett, Ken Luebbering. 2005
Focuses on the lives of immigrant women in Missouri from the colonial period to the Civil War to industrialization. Draws…
heavily on the diaries, letters, and memoirs of immigrant women from many social classes and ethnic backgrounds and contains photographs and narratives relating to immigrant lifeThe indomitable Mary Easton Sibley: pioneer of women's education in Missouri (Missouri Heritage Readers Ser. #1)
By Kristie C. Wolferman. 2008
Mary Easton's family was one of the first American families to settle in St. Louis. She married George Sibley, the…
factor of Fort Osage in Western Missouri, where she lived among the Indians on the edge of the frontier and took up teaching. She then went on to found Lindenwood in St. Charles, the first college for women west of the MississippiLighting the way: nine women who changed modern America
By Karenna Gore Schiff. 2005
Stories of remarkable women influencing United States history, from fighting the battle to win women the right to vote, to…
struggling to deal with the AIDS crisis. Included are: Ida B. Wells-Barnett, Mother Jones, Alice Hamilton, Francis Perkins, Virginia Durr, Septima Poinsette Clark, Dolores Herta, Helen Rodriguez-Trias, and Gretchen Buchenholz. Some violenceWomen of the frontier (Frontier Land Ser.)
By Charles W. Sundling. 2000
Breaking Night is slang for staying up through the night until the sun rises. It is also the unforgettable, stunning…
memoir of Liz Murray who at the age of fifteen found herself on the streets when her family of loving but drug-addicted parents finally unraveled. When her mother died of AIDS, Liz returned to high school while homeless, won a New York Times scholarship and made it into Harvard prevailing against all oddsGwendolyn Brooks: "poetry is life distilled" (African-American Biography Library)
By Christine M. Hill. 2005
Biography of Gwendolyn Brooks (1917-2000), the first African American to win the Pulitzer Prize for poetry (1950). Discusses her experiences…
with racism and civil rights, her family and career, becoming the Library of Congress consultant in poetry in 1985, and her influence on the literary world. For grades 6-9. 2005