Girl Who Fought Back: Vladka Meed and the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
by Joshua M Greene
The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising is one of history's most powerful acts of resistance. Here, author Joshua M. Greene (Signs of Survival) tells the true story of a young Jewish woman who was instrumental in the uprising as a smuggler of messages and weapons into and out of the Warsaw Ghetto. Warsaw, Poland, 1940s: The Nazis are on the march, determined to wipe out the Jewish people of Europe. Teenage Vladka and her family are amo...
Lotte thinks the cinema is magic. But Lotte doesn’t just want to watch the magic: she wants to make it. Before Walt Disney made history with Snow White, Lotte Reiniger created what is considered one of the first feature-length animated films: The Adventures of Prince Achmed. With the outset of World War II, Lotte had to leave her home in Germany, fleeing from place to place for years. But she never stopped creating. Through a love of fairy tales, a strong creative vision, and her uniquely expre...
Stopping Bullets with a Thread (Genius at Work! Great Inventor Biographies)
Set in the backdrop of the Bangladesh Liberation War of 1971, this book recollects Taslima Nasrin's early years. From her birth on a holy day to the dawn of womanhood at fourteen to her earliest memories that alternate between scenes of violence, memories of her pious mother, the rise of religious fundamentalism, the trauma of molestation and the beginning of a journey that redefined her world, My Girlhood is a tour de force.
I'm Not Perfect But I'm Blonde and Thats Close Enough
by Jp Perfects
Real Justice: Branded a Baby Killer (Lorimer Real Justice)
by Jasmine D'Costa
Women of Mythology: Goddesses, Warriors, and Hunters (Women of Mythology: Goddesses, Warriors, and Hunters)
WHO IS THE GREAT Roger Arliner Young (Great Women, #4)
by America Selby
Chronicles the lives and achievements of noted female musicians, including jazz pianist and composer Lil Harden Armstrong, violinist Midori, and harpsichordist Wanda Landowska.
Oprah Winfrey (21st Century Skills Library: Life Skills Biographies) (Life Skills Biographies)
by Dr Judy Alter
Ida B. Wells (My Early Library: My Itty-Bitty Bio)
by Sara Spiller
Anne Hutchinson (Great Americans (Gareth Stevens Hardcover)) (Grandes Personajes)
by Barbara Kiely Miller
When she was only five years old, her parents took her to see the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo. Raven perched on her crushed velvet seat, heard the tympani, and cried with delight even before the curtain lifted. From that moment on, her passion for dance only grew deeper inside of her. No black ballerina had ever danced with a major touring troupe before. Raven would be the first.
Wilma Rudolph (Graphic Library: Biographies) (Graphic Library: Graphic Biographies)
by Lee Engfer