Leading Ladies : American trailblazers

"The young women of today, free to study, to speak, to write, to choose their occupation, should remember that every inch of this freedom was bought for them at a great price. It is for them to show their gratitude by helping onward the reforms of their own times by spreading the light of freedom and truth still wider. The debt that each generation owes to the past it must pay to the future."--Abigail Scott Duniway (1834-1915), founder and editor of the weekly New Northwest (1871) and suffrage advocate in Oregon. In a series of biographical portraits and historical overviews, this audio will tell the dramatic stories of dedicated American women from varied backgrounds. They paid their debts to past generations with interest and turned the setbacks they were faced with into opportunities. These women will come from all walks of life, with backgrounds as diverse as journalism and publishing, electoral politics, public life, law, appointed public positions, and the military.

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""The young women of today, free to study, to speak, to write, to choose their occupation, should remember that every inch of this freedom was bought for them at a great price. It is for them to show their gratitude by helping onward the reforms of their own times by spreading the light of freedom and truth still wider. The debt that each generation owes to the past it must pay to the future."--Abigail Scott Duniway (1834-1915), founder and editor of the weekly New Northwest (1871) and suffrage advocate in Oregon. In a series of biographical portraits and historical overviews, this audio will tell the dramatic stories of dedicated American women from varied backgrounds. They paid their debts to past generations with interest and turned the setbacks they were faced with into opportunities. These women will come from all walks of life, with backgrounds as diverse as journalism and publishing, electoral politics, public life, law, appointed public positions, and the military."@en
"Biographical portraits of: Sybil Ludington, Lydia Darragh, Deborah Sampson, Margaret Corbin, Sarah Emma Edmonds, Loreta Janeta Velasquez, Rose Greenhow, Elizabeth Van Lew, Ruby Bradley, Virginia Hall, Anna Mae Hays, Elizabeth Hoisington, Jeanne Holm, Dolley Madison, Helen "Nellie" Taft, Edith Wilson, Eleanor Roosevelt, Bess Truman, Mamie Eisenhower, Jacqueline Kennedy, Lady Bird Johnson, Pat Nixon, Betty Ford, Rosalynn Carter, Nancy Reagan, Barbara Bush, Hillary Clinton, Laura Bush, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Eliza Jane Poitevent, Pearl Buck, Toni Morrison, Oprah Winfrey, Amy Tan, Liz Balmaseda, Maria Elena Salinas, Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott, Rosa Parks, Barbara Jordan, Elizabeth Blackwell, Alice Hamilton, Alice Evans, Martha Ray Eliot, Helen Taussig, Rachel Carson, Virginia Apgar, Gerty Cori, Maria Goeppert-Mayer, Rosalyn Yalow, Barbara McClintock, Rita Levi-Montalcini, Gertrude Elion, Jane Addams, Emily Greene Balch, Jody Williams, Lindy Boggs, Dianne Feinstein, Olympia Snowe, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Elaine Chao, Mary Bono."@en
"Biographical portraits of: Sybil Ludington, Lydia Darragh, Deborah Sampson, Margaret Corbin, Sarah Emma Edmonds, Loreta Janeta Velasquez, Rose Greenhow, Elizabeth Van Lew, Ruby Bradley, Virginia Hall, Anna Mae Hays, Elizabeth Hoisington, Jeanne Holm, Dolley Madison, Helen "Nellie" Taft, Edith Wilson, Eleanor Roosevelt, Bess Truman, Mamie Eisenhower, Jacqueline Kennedy, Lady Bird Johnson, Pat Nixon, Betty Ford, Rosalynn Carter, Nancy Reagan, Barbara Bush, Hillary Clinton, Laura Bush, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Eliza Jane Poitevent, Pearl Buck, Toni Morrison, Oprah Winfrey, Amy Tan, Liz Balmaseda, Maria Elena Salinas, Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott, Rosa Parks, Barbara Jordan, Elizabeth Blackwell, Alice Hamilton, Alice Evans, Martha Ray Eliot, Helen Taussig, Rachel Carson, Virginia Apgar, Gerty Cori, Maria Goeppert-Mayer, Rosalyn Yalow, Barbara McClintock, Rita Levi-Montalcini, Gertrude Elion, Jane Addams, Emily Greene Balch, Jody Williams, Lindy Boggs, Dianne Feinstein, Olympia Snowe, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Elaine Chao, Mary Bono."
"Presents biographical portraits of pioneering American women who overcame difficult obstacles to gain entry into male-dominated arenas, from medicine and politics to business and the media."
"Presents biographical portraits of pioneering American women who overcame difficult obstacles to gain entry into male-dominated arenas, from medicine and politics to business and the media."@en