by Anne on September 3, 2010
Bessie Delany, dentist and author
Sept. 3, 1891- Sept. 25, 1995
Women of Hope: African Americans Who Made a Difference by Joyce Hansen (Scholastic, 1998)
Bessie Delany, who lived to be 104, came to national attention when she and her sister and a New York Times reporter collaborated on the story of her and her sister’s life: Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters’ First 100 Years. Delany was the second African American woman to become a dentist in NY.
For more information about the Delany sisters, visit a Having Our Say page.
by Anne on September 30, 2009
Elie Wiesel, writer, humanitarian
Sept. 30, 1928-
Paths to Peace: People Who Changed the World by Jane Breskin Zalben (Dutton, 2006)
Holocaust survivor and Nobel Peace Prize winner 1986 Wiesel is highlighted in this important collective biography about peacemakers.
Read a riveting interview with Wiesel on the Academy of Achievement-A Museum of Living History web site.
by Anne on September 29, 2009
Jerry Lee Lewis, musician
Sept. 29, 1935-
Shake, Rattle and Roll: The Founders of Rock & Roll by Holly George-Warren, illustrated by Laura Levine (Houghton Mifflin, 2001)
The ultimate showman, Lewis was raised in Louisiana and started playing the piano at age eight. In 1956 his career took off.
Lewis’ Official Web site offers additional information. Or visit the Rock and Roll Fall of Fame to read more about this 1986 inductee.
by Anne on September 29, 2009
Miguel de Cervantes, writer
Sept. 29, 1547-Apr. 23, 1616
Lives of the Writers: Comedies, Tragedies (and What the Neighbors Thought) by Kathleen Krull, illustrated by Kathryn Hewitt Harcourt, 1994)
Most famous for his book Don Quixote, Cervantes takes the stage in this collective biography.
The Cervantes Project hosted by Texas A&M University offers bio info, images, bibliographies and more.
by Anne on September 27, 2009
Samuel Adams, politician
Sept. 27, 1722-Oct. 2, 1803
A Picture Book of Samuel Adams by David A. Adler, Michael S. Adler, illustrated by Ronald Himler (Holiday House, 2005)
From childhood to the Boston Tea Party to signing the Declaration of Independence, Adams and the 1700s are center stage.
Read up on Adams and others associated with The American Revolution.
