Whose tale is true?
Subtitle: readers theatre to introduce and research 49 amazing American women
By: Nancy Polette.
Publisher: Teacher Ideas Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Westport, CT
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781591587620
Subjects: Biography -- Study and teaching; Women -- United States -- Biography
Genres: Biography.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Deborah Sampson : on the front lines in the revolution; title: Molly Pitcher (Mary Hays McCauly) "Sergeant Molly"; title: Martha Washington : the first "first lady"; title: Dolley Madison : saving the White House treasures; title: Sacagawea : trailblazer; title: Harriet Tubman, Moses of her people; title: Clara Barton : founder of the American Red Cross; title: Louisa Mae Alcott, author; title: Charlotte Forten Grimke', island teacher; title: Elizabeth Blackwell : the first woman physician; title: Annie Oakley (Phoebe Ann Mosby) extraordinary sharpshooter; title: Calamity Jane ( Martha Jane Canary) "she devil of the Yellowstone"; title: Madame C. J. Walker, entrepreneur; title: Jane Addams, guardian of the poor; title: Mary Mahoney : the first African-American registered nurse; title: Susan B. Anthony : fighter for women's rights; title: Mary Harris Jones : the miners' angel; title: Emily Dickenson : a reclusive poet; title: Nellie Bly : investigative reporter; title: Ida B. Wells crusader with a pen; title: Ida Tarbell : she fought an oil giant; title: Molly (Margaret Tobin) Brown : she was unsinkable; title: Mary McLeod Bethune : she started a school with $1.50; title: Edith Bolling Galt Wilson : did she run the country?; title: Bessie Coleman : "queen Bess"; title: Amelia Earhart : she opened the skies to women; title: Anna Eleanor Roosevelt : amazing first lady; title: Shirley Chisholm : first black congresswoman; title: Leontyne Price : operas were written for her; title: Margaret Bourke-White : she photographed the world; title: Jackie (Jacqueline) Cochran : record breaker in the sky; title: Virginia Hall : master spy; title: Marian Anderson, a voice heard once in 100 years; title: Grandmas Moses : her paintings preserved a way of life; title: Rosa Parks : mother of the civil rights movement; title: Delores Huerta : she fought for migrant workers; title: Jacqueline Kennedy : she restored the White House; title: Lady Bird Johnson : she made America beautiful; title: Shirley Temple Black : from child star to ambassador; title: Sally Ride : the first female astronaut; title: Madeleine Albright : first woman secretary of state; title: Carol Burnett : she brought smiles; title: Oprah Winfrey : actress and TV hostess; title: Sandra Day O'Connor : first woman Supreme Court Justice; title: Mae Jemison, first black woman astronaut; title: Elizabeth Taylor : star power; title: Loretta Lynn : queen of country music; title: Barbara Walters : TV journalist; title: Condoleezza Rice : first black woman secretary of state; title: Create your own "whose tale is true.".