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Adventurous Women

Eight True Stories About Women Who Made a Difference

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An edition of Adventurous Women (2006)

Adventurous Women

Eight True Stories About Women Who Made a Difference

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The work dedicates one chapter in a bibliographical essay format to a courageous woman's life and impact.

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Henry Holt and Co.
Language
English

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Subjects

Biography, Adventure and adventurers, Women adventurers, Women, Adventure and adventurers -- Biography., Adventure and adventurers, juvenile literature, Women, biography

People

Louise Boyd, Mary Gibson Henry, Juana Briones, Alice Hamilton, Mary McLeod Bethune, Katharine Wormeley, Biddy Mason, Peggy Hull

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Table of Contents

Author's Note
Page 3
Chapter 1. "Cold? Yes... I Love It", Louise Arner Boyd : Arctic Explorer
Page 9
Chapter 2. "Blank Spots on the Maps", Mary Gibson Henry : Plant Hunter
Page 26
Chapter 3. "A Preeminent Woman", Juana Briones : Enterprising Family Head
Page 46
Chapter 4. "Great Louds of Yellow and Orange Fumes", Alice Hamilton : Supersleuth
Page 61
Chapter 5. "I Will Build Them Again", Mary McLeod Bethune : Passionate Educator
Page 85
Chapter 6. "Whirlwind of Work", Katharine Prescott Wormeley : Daring Superindendent
Page 101
Letter Excerpts
Page 112
Chapter 7. "For the Sum of Love and Affection and Ten Dollars", Biddy Mason : Fierce Fighter
Page 127
Chapter 8. "To Be Somebody", Peggy Hull : Resolute Reporter.
Page 140
Very Brief Chronologies
Page 158
Places to Visit
Page 161
Namesakes
Page 163
Acknowledgements
Page 165
Source Notes
Page 166
Selected Bibliography
Page 175
Webliography
Page 180
Photo Credits
Page 182
Index
Page 184

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references.

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New York, USA
Genre
Biography.
Copyright Date
2006

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
920.72, B
Library of Congress
CT9970 .C65 2006, CT9970.C65 2006

The Physical Object

Format
Hardcover
Pagination
186p.

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL3426476M
Internet Archive
adventurouswomen00colm
ISBN 10
0805077448
ISBN 13
9780805077445
LCCN
2005050311
OCLC/WorldCat
61151611
Library Thing
2943492
Goodreads
304403

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