Product Description: In August 1832 Elizabeth Blackwell immigrated from England; 17 years later she was the first woman to graduate from an American medical college. Mother Francesca Saveria Cabrini arrived from Italy in 1889 to establish convents, schools, orphanages and hospitals to serve Italian immigrants...read more

Product Description: Intended for the general reader with an interest in American history, this book profiles eleven women who made enduring contributions to society: Jane Addams, Fannie Farmer, Lillian Wald, Mary McLeod Bethune, Juliette Low, Margaret Sanger, Carrie Chapman Catt, Margaret Mitchell, Margaret Bourke-White, Rachel Carson and Betty Friedan...read more

Product Description: Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel was the critical event of literature and race relations in nineteenth century America. No other event had such an impact upon the slavery issue. While Mrs. Stowe wrote the weekly installments (a long serial in an antislavery paper) of Uncle Tom's Cabin she was living in genteel poverty, the harassed mother of six married to a scholarly but impractical man...read more

Product Description: Frances Wright was a pioneer in the fight for women's reproductive rights in late-19th century America. She received little support at the time, but laid the foundation for those who followed. Margaret Sanger championed the universal availability of contraception...read more

Provides profiles of women who made significant achievements in a variety of scientific fields, including nuclear physics, chemistry, medicine, psychiatry, and cytogenetics.

Product Description: This work presents information on 20 British and American women detective authors who wrote during the 20th century. British authors include: Agatha Christie, Dorothy Sayers, Gladys Mitchell and Ruth Rendell. US authors include Patricia Highsmith, Edna Buchanan, Sue Grafton and Megan Rust...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Traces the life and career of the French scientist, describes his accomplishments, including the pasteurization of milk and the rabies vaccine, and discusses the impact of his research

Offers profiles of Harriet Beecher Stowe, Julia Ward Howe, Louisa May Alcott, and Clara Barton and describes their role in American history