Kimmel, Elizabeth Cody. <br/><br/>
Ladies first :  40 daring American women who were second to none / 
Elizabeth Cody Kimmel ; foreword by Stacy Allison. 
 - Washington, D.C. :  National Geographic,  c2006. 
 - 192 p. :  ill. ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 176-184) and index. 
<br/><br/> School Library Journal, October 2006  Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), August 2006  Library Media Connection, January 2007 
<br/><br/> Examines the achievements of forty American women in a variety of fields, each of whom accomplished a significant "first," including Wilma Mankiller, the first woman to become Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation, Phillis Wheatley, the first African-American woman writer to be published, and Harriet Quimby, the first American woman to obtain a license to fly. 
<br/><br/> 8.0  5-8  Follett Library Resources 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0792253949 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2005005113 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Women--Biography.<br/>Biography.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>CT3260  / .K56 2006 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>920.72/0973  B