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Women's History Month

Young Adult Biographies

The Story of My Life: with a new introduction by Jim Knipfel by Helen Keller. New York: Signet Classic, c2002.

Chamique: on Family, Focus, and Basketball by Chamique Holdsclaw with Jennifer Frey. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2001, c2000.

Four to the Pole!: the American Women's Expedition to Antartica, 1992-93 by Nancy Loewen and Ann Bancroft. North Haven, CN: Linnet Books, c2001.

In the Company of Men : a Woman at the Citadel by Nancy Mace; with Mary Jane Ross. New York: Simon & Schuster, c2001.

Helen Keller: Lighting the Way for the Blind and Deaf by Carin T. Ford. Berkeley Heights, NJ: Enslow Publishers, c2001.

Queen Latifah by Amy Ruth. Minneapolis: Lerner Publications, c2001.

Chinese Cinderella: the True Story of an Unwanted Daughter by Adeline Yen Mah. New York: Dell Laurel-Leaf, 2001, c1999.

Venus & Serena: the Grand Slam Williams Sisters by Bill Gutman. New York: Scholastic Inc., c2001.

Voice of an Angel: My life (so far) by Charlotte Church. New York, NY: Warner Books, c2001.

Barbara Jordan: Getting Things Done by James Mendelsohn. Brookfield, Conn.: Twenty-First Century Books, c2000.

Alice Walker: Freedom Writer by Caroline Lazo. Minneapolis: Lerner Publications, c2000

Abigail Adams: Witness to a Revolution by Natalie S. Bober. New York: Atheneum Books for Young Readers, c1995.

Keeping Secrets: the Girlhood Diaries of Seven Women Writers by by Mary E. Lyons. New York: H. Holt and Co., c1995.

Louisa May: the World and Works of Louisa May Alcott by Norma Johnston. New York: Beech Tree Books, 1995.

Big Star Fallin' Mama: Five Women in Black Music by Hettie Jones ; foreword by Nelson George. New York, N.Y., U.S.A.: Viking, c1995.

Flannery O'Connor: Literary Prophet of the South by Susan Balée. New York: Chelsea House Publishers, c1995.

To be Young, Gifted and Black: Lorraine Hansberry in Her Own Words adapted by Robert Nemiroff; with original drawings and art by Miss Hansberry, and an introduction by James Baldwin. New York: New American Library, 1970, c1969

Sarah Vaughan by Marianne Ruuth. Los Angeles, CA: Melrose Square Pub. Co., c1994.

Gutsy Girls: Young Women Who Dare by Tina Schwager and Michele Schuerger; edited by Elizabeth Verdick. New York: Scholastic, c2000.

Yes, Yes, Yes: the Unauthorized Biography of Destiny's Child: a Tale of Destiny, Fame, and Fortune by Kelly Kenyatta. Hollywood, CA: Busta Books, c2000.

Oprah Winfrey by Judith Janda Presnall. San Diego, CA: Lucent Books, c1999.

Margaret Mead: Coming of Age in America by Joan Mark. New York: Oxford University Press, c1999.

I Have Lived a Thousand Years: Growing Up in the Holocaust by Livia Bitton-Jackson. New York, NY: Aladdin Paperbacks, 1999, c1997.

Mother Teresa: Missionary of Charity by Sam Wellman. Philadelphia: Chelsea House Publishers, c1999.

Emily Dickinson: Singular Poet by Carol Dommermuth-Costa. Minneapolis: Lerner Publications, c1998.

Gloria Estefan: Singer and Entertainer by Doreen Gonzales. Springfield, NJ, USA: Enslow, c1998.

Zora Neale Hurston by Paul Witcover. Los Angeles, CA: Melrose Square Pub., c1994

Dreams of Gold : the Nancy Kerrigan Story by Wayne Coffey & Filip Bondy. New York, N.Y.: St. Martin's Paperbacks, c1994.

The Kerrigan Courage: Nancy's Story by Randi Reisfeld. New York: Ballantine Books, c1994.

Oprah!: Up Close and Down Home by Nellie Bly. New York, NY: Kensington Publishing Corp., c1993

From Colored Water 'Til Now by Mattie M. Lawson as told to Sharon Wellington. Los Angeles, Calif.: Holloway House Pub. Co., c1993.

Madam C.J. Walker by Cookie Lommel. Los Angeles, Calif.  Melrose Square Pub. Co., c1993.

Zora Neale Hurston : a Storyteller's Life by Janelle Yates ; with illustrations by David Adams. Staten Island, NY: Ward Hill Press, c1993.

Gather together in my name by Maya Angelou. New York: Bantam Books, 1975, c1974.

Four Women of Courage, edited with commentary by Bennett Wayne. Champaign, Ill., Garrard Pub. Co. [1975]

Grace Hopper: Navy Admiral and Computer Pioneer by Charlene W. Billings. Hillside, N.J., U.S.A.: Enslow Publishers, c1989.

Girls to Women, Women to Girls by Bunny McCune & Deb Traunstein. Berkeley: Celestial Arts, c1998.

Rosie O'Donnell by Fran Donato, Therese De Angelis. Philadelphia, PA: Chelsea House, c1999

Diana, Princess of Wales by by Kristine Brennan. Philadelphia: Chelsea House Publishers, c1999.

Pretty Good for a Girl by Leslie Heywood. New York: Free Press, c1998.

Tara Lipinski: Triumph on Ice: an Autobiography as told to Emily Costello. New York: Bantam Books, c1998.

Lady Diana Spencer: Princess of Wales by Nancy Whitelaw. Greensboro, NC : Morgan Reynolds, c1998.

Marilyn Monroe: Norma Jeane's Dream by Katherine E. Krohn. Minneapolis: Lerner Publications, c1997.

The Truth About Sacajawea by Kenneth Thomasma ; Agnes Vincen Talbot, illustrator. Jackson, WY: Grandview Pub. Co., c1997.

Mother Jones: Fierce Fighter for Workers' Rights by Judith Pinkerton Josephson. Minneapolis: Lerner Publications, c1997.

Landing on My Feet: a Diary of Dreams by Kerri Strug with John P. Lopez. Kansas City: Andrews McMeel Pub., c1997.

Aretha Franklin: Lady Soul by Leslie Gourse. New York: F. Watts, c1995.

Written by Herself: Autobiographies of American Women: an Anthology by edited and with an introduction by Jill Ker Conway. New York: Vintage Books, c1992.

The Habit of Surviving by Kesho Yvonne Scott. New York: Ballantine Books, 1992, c1991.

Black Ice by Lorene Cary. New York: Knopf: Distributed by Random House, 1991.

Jane Fonda: Political Activism by Russell Shorto. Brookfield, Conn.: Millbrook Press, c1991.

In the Men's House: an Inside Account of Life in the Army by One of West Point's First Female Graduates by Carol Barkalow, with Andrea Raab. New York: Poseidon Press, c1990.

Sorrow's Kitchen: the Life and Folklore of Zora Neale Hurston by Mary E. Lyons. New York : Scribner's ; Toronto: Collier Macmillan Canada ; New York: Maxwell Macmillan Intern'l Pub. Group, c1990.

Alvarado, Elvia. Don't Be Afraid, Gringo: a Honduran Woman Speaks From the Heart: the Story of Elvia Alvarado translated and edited by Medea Benjamin. New York: Harper & Row, 1989.

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