From the monthly archives:
Bright Path: Young Jim Thorpe by Don Brown (Roaring Brook Press, 2006)
Thorpe found his calling at the Carlisle Indian School in Pennsylvania and in 1912 was a star of the Summer Olympics.
The Official Site of Jim Thorpe: World’s Greatest Athlete is a source for biography, fast facts, photos and more.
You Forgot Your Skirt, Amelia Bloomer by Shana Corey, illustrated by Chesley McLaren (Scholastic, 2000)
Active in the women’s rights movement, Bloomer’s name became synonymous with a new fashion piece of the time.
The National Women’s Hall of Fame hosts a bio and photo of Bloomer on their site.
Isadora Dances by Rachel Isadora (Puffin, 2000)
Modern dancer Isadora Duncan’s life takes the stage in this picture book biography about her.
Learn more about Duncan at the Isadora Duncan Dance Foundation.
Amelia to Zora: Twenty-Six Women Who Changed the World by Cynthia Chin-Lee, illustrated by Megan Halsey and Sean Addy (Charlesbridge, 2005)
Back in the day, Carson’s book Silent Spring, published in 1962, had a huge impact on the environmental movement…and still does.
RachelCarson.org is a “website devoted to the life and legacy of Rachel Carson.
How We are Smart by W. Nikola-Lisa, illustrated by Sean Qualls (Lee & Low Books, 2006)
Mexia discovered a new passion when she was 51. Botany. And thanks to her, more than 500 species of plants were discovered.
A very brief biographical sketch of Mexia is available on the Online Archive of California.
