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144 pp.
| Chelsea
| March, 2009
|
Library
ISBN 978-1-60413-075-1
$30.00
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Women of Achievement series.
This series contextualizes its subjects' lives and accomplishments in politics, culture, and/or history. The books, though dense and lengthy, are well written; sidebars supplement the narratives with interesting facts (e.g., women in the 1920s used radium to curl their hair; both Hillary and Bill Clinton have won Grammy awards). Photographs and reproductions illustrate the texts. Reading list, timeline, websites. Bib., ind. Review covers these Women of Achievement titles:
Hillary Rodham Clinton,
Rachael Ray,
Marie Curie,
Nancy Pelosi,
Ellen DeGeneres,
Martha Stewart, and
Susan B. Anthony.