From the category archives:
Women of Hope: African Americans Who Made a Difference by Joyce Hansen (Scholastic, 1998)
Baker, a civil rights worker was active in the NAACP and helped found the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee.
Read a biography of Baker at a Law Library site.
How We Are Smart by W. Nikola-Lisa, illustrated by Sean Qualls (Lee & Low Books, 2006)
Cannon was an astronomer and curator of photographs at Harvard Observatory. She was the person responsible for organizing stars into types (O, B, A, F, G, K, M), a classification that is still in use today.
Click on over to the Annie Jump Cannon Homepage at Wellesley.edu.
Emily by Michael Bedard, illustrated by Barbara Cooney (Doubleday, 1992)
This is a fictionalized account of a young girl’s encounter with her Amherst, Massachusetts, neighbor—the reclusive poet, Emily Dickinson.
Visit The Emily Dickinson Museum in Amherst, Massachusetts, for tours and information.
Amelia to Zora: Twenty-Six Women Who Changed the World by Cynthia Chin-Lee, illustrated by Megan Halsey and Sean Addy (Charlesbridge, 2005)
A recipient of the National Medal of Technology and many other awards, Hopper helped revolutionize computers.
Grace Hopper.org celebrates women in computing.
Diego by Jonah Winter, illustrated by Jeanette Winter (Knopf Books for Young Readers, 2007)
This bilingual biography about Diego Rivera, celebrates the life of the incredible Mexican muralist. Brilliant folk-art illustrations compliment the text.
Visit The Virtual Diego Rivera Web Museum and take a look at the work of one of the greatest muralists.
