Focuses on the backgrounds and careers of Margaret Sanger, Edna St. Vincent Millay, and Maria Geoppert-Mayer and the impact of their work, ambitions, and abilities on their marriages

A life of one's own;: Three gifted women and the men they married

Biographies & Memoirs

DASH, JOAN

Community & Culture

Harper&Row

Summoned to Jerusalem: The Life of Henrietta Szold

Publisher

At the time of his famous kite experiment, Benjamin Franklin was unaware that his theories about electricity had already made him a celebrity all over Europe, especially in France, where fashionable circles loved to discuss scientific discovery. Admired by the French court and beloved by French citizens, Franklin effectively became America’s first foreign diplomat, later helping to enlist France’s military and financial support for the American Revolution. A father of the revolution and a signer of the Constitution, Franklin was a lightning rod in political circles – “a dangerous Engine,” according to a critic. And although he devoted the last twenty-five years of his life to affairs of state, his first love was always science. Handsome pen-and-ink drawings highlight moments in this revolutionary thinker’s life. From the author and illustrator of The Longitude Prize, a Robert F. Sibert Honor Book and winner of the Boston Globe–Horn Book Award, comes another story of adventure and invention, of one man’s curiosity and the extraordinary rewards of his discoveries, just in time to celebrate the 300th anniversary of his birth (January 17, 1706).

A Dangerous Engine: Benjamin Franklin, from Scientist to Diplomat

Children's Books

Biographies

Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)

Recounting the 1909 Shirtwaist Factory Strike, an introduction to this lesser-known but important event in American history illustrates the lives of working-class young women in the early twentieth century.

We Shall Not Be Moved: The Women's Factory Strike of 1909

History

scholastic

The story of the notable female activists in their courageous fight for humane working conditions in 1909 describes the hazardous circumstances of the pre-strike New York shirtwaist industry. Reprint.

Polaris

A lively biography goes beyond Helen Keller's youth and learning process and includes many fascinating details of her later life, including her college years at Radcliffe and her involvement with politics.

World At Her Fingertips: The Story Of Helen Keller

Scholastic Press

In a "clear-sighted and absorbing" narrative, Joan Dash's recounting of Helen Keller's triumphant life is exceptional, truly illuminating - far from a typical biography. This lively biography goes beyond Helen's youth and learning process and includes many fascinating details of her later life, including her college years and involvement with politics. It's "riveting reading for sudents in need of inspiration, or who're overcoming disability or studying changing expectations for women (Kirkus)."

The World At Her Fingertips: Story Of Helen Keller, The

Scholastic Paperbacks

The Triumph of Discovery: Women Scientists Who Won the Nobel Prize

Examines the lives of Barbara McClintock, Maria Mayer, Rosalyn Yalow, and Rita Levi-Montalcini

Julian Messner

Examines the lives of Barbara McClintock, Maria Mayer, Rosalyn Yalow, and Rita Levi-Montalcini, women scientists who won the Nobel Prize against extraordinary odds, in different fields and under different circumstances.

A Life of One's Own: Three Gifted Women and the Men They Married

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A life of one's own;: Three gifted women and the men they married

Summoned to Jerusalem: The Life of Henrietta Szold

A Dangerous Engine: Benjamin Franklin, from Scientist to Diplomat

We Shall Not Be Moved: The Women's Factory Strike of 1909

We Shall Not Be Moved: The Women's Factory Strike of 1909

World At Her Fingertips: The Story Of Helen Keller

The World At Her Fingertips: Story Of Helen Keller, The

The Triumph of Discovery: Women Scientists Who Won the Nobel Prize

The Triumph of Discovery: Women Scientists Who Won the Nobel Prize

A Life of One's Own: Three Gifted Women and the Men They Married