description: Despite the strides women have made in virtually every arena, there is still a dearth of published materials for young people on their achievements. Each book in this series provides ten biographies of modern women who are making or have made a significant contribution to a particular field, such as politics, science, or athletics.Including feminist leaders, a children's rights activist, and a head of the NAACP among others, biographies in this volume are Margarethe Cammermeyer, Marian Wright Edelman, Myrlie Evers-Williams, Elizabeth Glaser, Dolores Huerta, Patricia Ireland, Maggie Kuhn, Wilma Mankiller, Vilma Martinez, and Eleanor Holmes Norton.Touching on contributions to areas such as physics, archaeology, astronautics, and genetics, this title includes biographies of Mildred Dresselhaus, Birute Galdikas, Mae Jemison, Mary-Claire King, Mary Leakey, Rite Levi-Montalcini, Susan Love, Helen Taussig, Chien-Shiung Wu, and Rosalyn Yalow.Bonnie Blair, Florence Griffith Joyner, Julie Krone, Nancy Lopez, Diana Nyad, Joan Benoit Samuelson, Monica Seles, Lynette Woodard, Kristi Yamaguchi, and Kim Zmeskal.Elizabeth Dole, Dianne Feinstein, Geraldine Ferraro, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Barbara Jordan, Jeane Kirkpatrick, Peggy Noonan, Janet Reno, Ann Richards, and Christine Todd Whitman.
language: English
title: Champions of Equality/Scientists and Doctors/Athletes/Political Leaders
titlecomplete: Champions of Equality/Scientists and Doctors/Athletes/Political Leaders (Dynamic Modern Women)
publisher: Twenty-First Century Books (CT)