"Short biographies of 16 American women--Helen Keller, Eleanor Roosevelt, Georgia O'Keeffe, Julia Morgan, Wilma P. Mankiller, Rachel Carson, Dorothea Lange, Rosalyn Sussman Yalow, Ella Fitzgerald, Ruth Bader Ginsberg, Ka'iulani of Hawaii, Barbara Jordan, Donna Karan, Elizabeth Cochrane Seaman (Nellie Bly), Nikki Giovanni, Bonnie Blair--who changed the direction of American life and history."@en
"The biographies were written to pique students' interest while engaging their understanding of vocabulary, recalling facts, identifying the main idea, drawing conclusions, and applying knowledge.-To the teacher. The 16 American women included in this book are: [Elizabeth Cochrane Seaman, journalist; Mary Jane Colter, architect; Ka'iulani, Hawaiian Princess; Eleanor Roosevelt, humanitarian; Georgia O'Keeffe, artist; Dorothea Lange, photojournalist; Rachel Carson, conservationist; Ella Fitzgerald, singer; Rosalyn Sussman Yalow, Nobel Prize-winning doctor; Nikki Giovanni, poet and Civil Rights activist; Donna Karan, Fashion designer; Bonnie Blair, Olympic speed skater; Eileen Collins, astronaut; Ruth Bader Ginsberg, Supreme Court Justice; Susan Butcher, Iditarod racer; Nancy Pelopsi, speaker of the House]."@en

16 extraordinary American women