Rosenak, Chuck.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abbeville Press 1990
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1 available in Reference, Call number: R 709.2 ROSKunitz, Stanley
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Publisher / Publication Date: The H. W. Wilson company 1938
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1 available in Reference, Call number: R 920 KUNSummary: Modeled on the "Dictionary of American Biography,"this set stands alone but is a good complement to that set which contained only 700 women of 15,000 entries. The preparation of the first set of "Notable American Women" was supported by Radcliffe College. It includes women from 1607 to those who died before the end of 1950; only 5 women included were born after 1900. Arranged throughout the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press 1980
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 NOTOsborn, Kevin
Summary: Discusses the development and influence of sports in American society and the achievements of over 100 athletes.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic 1997
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 796 OSBFielding, Mantle
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Publisher / Publication Date: Apollo 1983
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1 available in Reference, Call number: R 709.22 FIEThomas, William G.
Summary: The story of the longest and most complex legal challenge to slavery in American history, in which a number of enslaved families challenged their bondage in court.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Yale University Press 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.3 THOClinton, Chelsea
Summary: Profiles the lives of thirteen American women who have left their mark on U.S. history, including Harriet Tubman, Helen Keller, Margaret Chase Smith, and Oprah Winfrey.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Philomel Books 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J920 CLIIsaacson, Walter
Summary: A portrait of the Nobel Prize-winning scientist explores the impact of James Watson's "The Double Helix" on her career and how her team's invention of CRISPR technology enabled revolutionary DNA-editing approaches to fighting disease, as well as curing diseases, fending off viruses, and enhancing our children
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021