Explorers
- List Price: $3.22
- Binding: Paperback
- Publisher: Crabtree Pub Co
- Publish date: 04/01/1998
Description:
Women in Profile series celebrates remarkable twentieth-century women who have made significant achievements in a wide variety of fields. Each book in this series of twelve titles features:
-- six major profiles of women from different continents, cultures, religions, and time periods
-- a dozen other distinguished women briefly highlighted to encourage further investigation
-- glossary, index, and a suggested reading list for further exploration
-- colorful photographs that highlight key events and accomplishments
-- interesting information about events and ideas that were influential in their era
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-- six major profiles of women from different continents, cultures, religions, and time periods
-- a dozen other distinguished women briefly highlighted to encourage further investigation
-- glossary, index, and a suggested reading list for further exploration
-- colorful photographs that highlight key events and accomplishments
-- interesting information about events and ideas that were influential in their era
Explorers chronicles the fascinating lives and achievements of adventurous female explorers from around the world. Events explored include the suffragist movement, women's education, early flight, the Boer War, communism, and much more.
Major profiles in this book include:
-- Isabella Bird Bishop - explorer
-- Annie Smith Peck - mountaineer
-- Mary Kingsley - explorer
-- Valentina Tereshkova - astronaut
-- Freya Stark - explorer
-- Amelia Earhart - pilot
-- plus brief highlights of a dozen other women
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