"A brief, illustrated, biography of the Baptist minister and civil rights leader whose philosophy and practice of nonviolent civil disobedience helped American blacks win many battles for equal rights." --
A brief biography of the African American scientist who overcame tremendous hardship to make unusual and important discoveries in the field of agriculture.
Traces the life of the nineteenth-century English woman who followed her calling to work in hospitals and improve the conditions under which the sick were treated.
"Discusses the life of the pilot who was the first woman to cross the Atlantic by herself in a plane. The first woman to fly across the Atlantic solo, she disappeared mysteriously." --
An introduction to the life of the woman born into slavery who became a well-known abolitionist and crusader for the rights of African Americans in the United States.