Women Leaders of a New World in the 20th Century
The Mini Page highlights American women who shaped history. Susan B. Anthony and Susan Brownell Anthony are noted for pushing abolition and voting rights. Madeleine Albright is cited as the highest ranking woman in U.S. government as secretary of state, promoting global peace through travel and diplomacy.
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Madeleine Albright
U.S
Century
Navigator
Hostess
Abassador
Eleanor Roosevelt Human Rights Advocate and First Lady Pioneer
Eleanor Roosevelt redefined the first lady role during Franklin D. Roosevelts presidency by championing human rights. She led UN efforts on human rights after his death and helped launch the Peace Corps, advocating for women civil rights and anti poverty measures.
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Eleanor Roosevelt
Franklin Roosevelt
Roosevelt
United Nations
Peace Corps
Life and works of Laura Ingalls Wilder and Rita Dove
Laura Ingalls Wilder, born in a log cabin, began writing at 65 and authored nine Little House books detailing pioneer life for millions. Rita Dove served as U.S. poet laureate from 1993 to 1995, youngest and first African American in the post, and won the 1987 Pulitzer Prize for poetry.
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Laura Ingalls Wilder
America
Rita Dove
U.S
Hillary Tuck Shines Across TV and Film Roles
Hillary Tuck stars as Amy Szalinski in Honey I Shrunk the Kids and began acting at 15 with a soft drink spot. She later appeared on Hang Time, Roseanne, Boy Meets World, and The Great Mom Swap, with Camp Nowhere among her film credits. Fluent in American Sign Language, she is a jazz and modern dancer who enjoys horses, snowboarding, and a menagerie including a horse, dog, frog and tarantula in Southern California.
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Hillary Tuck
Amy Szalinski
Hillary
California
Notable women in aviation science and sport history
A compact survey highlights Amelia Earhart as the first solo Atlantic flyer and a pioneer who vanished attempting around the world, Rachel Carson whose Silent Spring warned on pollution, Shannon Lucid the record holding astronaut, Madame C. J. Walker a self made American millionaire, and Babe Didrikson Zaharias renowned for dominance across multiple sports.
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Amelia Earhart
Atlantic Ocean
Earhart
Rachel Carson
Rachel
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Susan B. Anthony
Susan Brownell Anthony
Rigatu
The
Anna Eleanor Roosevelt
Laura Ingalls Welde
Ont
Ks of
1867
Plum Creek
Ben
Meet Hillary Tuck
Teacher’s Guide
Anthony
Albright
Wilder
Dove
Carson
Lucid
Eetovhnosracgeu
Rblacks
Noh
Naaw
Mini Spy
Sailboat
Aviator Amelia Earhart
US Fish and Wildlife Service
Shannon Lucid
Earth
Mir Space Station
Georgia O’keeffe
Shirley Temple
Ghana
Czechoslovakia
Oprah Winfrey
Georgia O'Keeffe
Southwest Desert
Madame C.J. Walker
Sarah Breedlove McWilliams Walker
Babe Didrikson Zaharias
Mildred
Babe” Didrikson Zaharias
Babe Ruth
Jackie Joyner-Kersee
Jackie Joyner
Kersee
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