Brave black women have played important roles in American history. Before the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863, black women bore the bonds of slavery with courage and strength. Since Emancipation, black women have supported schools, churches, and civic organizations, entered many professions, and helped to build strong communities. This book dramatizes their impressive story and celebrates their achievements.  Writing especially for students in grades four through eight, Ruthe Winegarten and Sharon Kahn trace the history of black women from slavery until today. Their story includes many heroines, from Emily Morgan, "the Yellow Rose of Texas," to pioneer aviator Bessie Coleman, astronaut Mae Jemison, opera singer Barbara Conrad, actresses Phylicia Rashad and Debbie Allen, and Congresswoman Barbara Jordan, whose life story forms the final chapter.  In addition to these famous black women, the book also profiles teachers, businesswomen, civil rights leaders, community activists, doctors, nurses, athletes, musicians, artists, and political leaders. Adapted from the award-winning Black Texas Women: 150 Years of Trial and Triumph, it will be fascinating reading for children and their parents and grandparents, teachers, and librarians.

Brave Black Women: From Slavery to the Space Shuttle

Politics & Social Sciences

Kahn, Sharon

Winegarten,Ruthe

Social Sciences

University of Texas Press

Children's Books

Biographies

Suggests business ideas, including services, child care, communications, computers, food, fitness, real estate, sales, travel, and entertainment, and provides information on startup costs, anual revenues, break even point, and staff requirements

101 Best Businesses

Business & Money

Management & Leadership

Main Street Books

101 Best Businesses to Start

Business Development & Entrepreneurship

DOUBLEDAY

Ruby, a forty-six-year-old rabbi's widow, dodges a cunning criminal and keeps an eye on suspicious temple doings as she tries to determine who poisoned Marla Margolis with a dose of cyanide at the local bagel store in Eternal, Texas. Reprint.

Fax me a Bagel

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Mystery

BERKLEY

When the baseball coach drops dead during batting practice after dining on a dish of matzo balls, Ruby Rothman must keep her eye on things in and around her small Jewish community to figure out who is behind the recent string of strange events. By the author of Fax Me a Bagel. Reprint.

Never Nosh a Matzo Ball

Prime Crime

When Ruby and her cohorts embark on a Temple-sponsored Caribbean cruise, murder and mayhem ensue when ship lecturer Willie Bob mysteriously collapses, forcing Ruby to brave unedible food, Elivis impersonators, and the advances of the amorous captain to solve the mystery. Reprint.

Don't Cry for Me, Hot Pastrami

Literature & Fiction

Humor & Satire

When the murder of a lox cutter wreaks havoc with a double bar mitzvah, Ruby traces the victim's past to Nazi-era Denmark and embarks on a chase that takes her from wintry Alaska's salmon streams to a New Jersey smokehouse. Reprint.

Hold The Cream Cheese, Kill The Lox

As a rabbi's widow, Ruby still has lots to do, including attending a reception for her arch-nemesis, Essie Sue. And when Essie Sue's Texas-shaped chopped liver mold is swapped for a body on ice, Ruby has one more obligation to meet: catching a killer.

Which Big Giver Stole the Chopped Liver?

Ruby, the widow of a rabbi in Eternal, Texas, decides to investigate when the sister of Essie Sue Margolis, Ruby's least favorite member of the congregation, dies under mysterious circumstances

Fax Me a Bagel: A Novel Introducing Ruby, the Rabbi's Wife

United States

Scribner

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Brave Black Women: From Slavery to the Space Shuttle

Brave Black Women: From Slavery to the Space Shuttle

101 Best Businesses

101 Best Businesses to Start

Fax me a Bagel

Never Nosh a Matzo Ball

Don't Cry for Me, Hot Pastrami

Hold The Cream Cheese, Kill The Lox

Which Big Giver Stole the Chopped Liver?

Fax Me a Bagel: A Novel Introducing Ruby, the Rabbi's Wife