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3) Clara Barton
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Follows the life of the nurse who served on the battlefields of the Civil War and later founded the American Red Cross.
5) Helen Keller
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Describes how a woman left blind and deaf from a childhood illness overcame her handicaps to become a noted writer and humanitarian.
8) Nellie Bly
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Follows the life of the celebrated reporter, from her early days to her trip around the world and later triumphs.
11) Emily Dickinson
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Follows the life of the reclusive nineteenth-century poet from Amherst, Massachusetts.
16) Gloria Steinem
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A biography of the feminist writer and activist who founded "Ms." magazine, helped found the National Women's Political Caucus, and helped establish the Women's Action Alliance.
17) Pearl Buck
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A biography of the Pulitizer and Nobel Prize winner who devoted much of her life to the welfare of needy children.
18) Georgia O'Keeffe
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A biography of the noted American artist who found much of her artistic inspiration in nature, especially the desert landscape of the Southwest.
19) Emma Lazarus
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A biography of the nineteenth-century American poet best known for the verses inscribed on the pedestal of the Statue of Liberty.