16 extraordinary American women

Highlight the achievements of people who have changed American life and history! The stories tell about each person's childhood. They explain how each one worked hard to reach a dream. The stories all have exercises to help students understand what they read. In this book, you will read the stories of these 16 American Women: Eleanor Roosevelt; Georgia O'Keeffe; Bonnie Blair; Rachel Carson; Dorothea Lange; Ella Fitzgerald; Rosalyn Sussman Yalow; Ruth Bader Ginsberg; Ka'iulani of Hawaii; Donna Karan; Elizabeth Cochrane Seaman; Nikki Giovanni; Eileen Collins; Mary Jane Colter; Susan Butcher; and Nancy Pelosi.