The political activism of the 1970s was followed by an explosion of feminist scholarship in the 1908s. The Journal of Women's History was founded to provide a means of disseminating that scholarship and to serve as the journal of record for the new area of women's history. As part of its mission, the journal began a compilation of periodical literature dealing with women's history. This first volume is drawn from more than 750 journals and includes...

En este libro biográfico, los lectores jóvenes conocerán la valiente vida de Harriet Tubman. Los lectores descubrirán cómo Tubman escapó valientemente de su vida como esclava para cruzar la línea Mason-Dixon hacia la libertad y cómo ayudó a cientos de otros esclavos a alcanzar la libertad a través del Ferrocarril Subterráneo con la ayuda de abolicionistas. Las imágenes vívidas, los hechos asombrosos y el texto de apoyo funcionan en conjunto...

Angela Y. Davis has been a political activist at the cutting edge of the Black liberation, feminist, queer, and prison abolitionist movements. Fifty years after its original publication, the author revisits her life's story in print.

"The inspiring memoir for young readers about a Latina rocket scientist whose early life was transformed by joining the Girl Scouts and who currently serves as CEO of the Girl Scouts of the USA."--

A biography of Sojourner Truth, who fought for the abolition of slavery and women's rights in nineteenth-century America.

A brief biography that highlights some important events in the life of the woman who helped to bring about peace and friendship between English settlers in Virginia and the native Powhatan people.

Introduces inspiring women whose passions for exploration made them push the boundaries, including Nellie Cashman, Annie Smith Peck, and Delia Julia Denning Akeley.

Recounts Rosa Parks' daring effort to stand up for herself and other African Americans by helping to end segregation on public transportation.

In this biographical book, young readers will learn about the brave life of Harriet Tubman. Readers will discover how Tubman bravely escaped from her life as a slave to cross the Mason-Dixon line into freedom and how she helped hundreds of other slaves into freedom through the Underground Railroad with the help of abolitionists. The vivid images, stunning facts, and supportive text work in conjunction with the helpful glossary, index, and timeline...