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Born in 1831, Isabella Bird, daughter of a clergyman, set off alone to the Antipodes in 1872 'in search of health' and found she had embarked on a life of adventurous travel.

Learn all about the fascinating lives and tremendous impact of 100 extraordinary women around the world with this fact-filled biography collection for kids. Educational and engaging, 100 Women Who Shaped World History features: • Simple, easy-to-read text that has been freshly updated • Illustrated portraits of each figure • Fascinating facts about famous and lesser-known female figures from history • A timeline, trivia questions, project...

Summary: A biography of the African-American woman who escaped from slavery, led slaves to freedom on the Underground Railroad, aided Union troops during the Civil War, and worked for women's suffrage.

The biography of an English poet.

Picture-Story Biography

A brief biography of the author and college professor whose travels across the United States inspired her to write the poem which became the song "America the Beautiful."

Introduces the life of Betsy Ross, an American patriot during the Revolutionary War who enjoyed telling her family about how she sewed the first American flag