Answers questions about the role of women in American history, and includes work, politics, education, the civil rights movement, art, and literature

Compiled from memoirs, letters, historical portraits, legends, and diaries, this collection looks at the stories of women from all walks of life

The diaries of American pioneer women vividly describe their lives and contributions to the settling of the frontier

Explores hundreds of ingenious and strange animal behavior under six topics--motion and locomotion; breeding; feeding; defense and camouflage; symbiotic partners; and remedies ...

In two volumes, this third edition features expanded coverage of women in the military, women's healthcare, divorce, and women of colour, especially Spanish-speaking, American ...

Text and illustrations present a portrait of the industrious women who helped settle the West.

Uses historical photographs and personal reminiscences to describe the accomplishments of the African American pilots who trained at Alabama's Tuskegee Army Air Field to fight ...