Stories about eight enterprising women from the United States: Louise Boyd who was an Arctic explorer, Mary Gibson Henry who was a plant hunter, Juana Briones who was an enterprising family head, Alice Hamilton who investigated industrial diseases, Mary McLeod Bethune who was an educator, Katharine Prescott Wormeley who was a nursing superintendent, Biddy Mason who was a widwife, and Peggy Hull, a reporter.
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ISBN: 9780805077445
ISBN: 0805077448
Physical Description:186 p. : ill., maps ; cm.print
Edition:1st ed. --
Publisher:New York : Henry Holt, 2006.
General Note: LSC 25.95
Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. 175-179), Internet addresses (p.180-181) and index.