Focus on Women Grades 4-8

Biographies, related activities, and lots of extras help teachers integrate interesting facts and inspiring human interest stories throughout the curriculum. Books focuses on:

Women is Social Studies:
Harriet Quimby
Rosa Louisa McCauley Parks
Deborah Sampsom
Mother Jones
Hananah Senesh
Angelina and Sarah Grimke

Women in Literature:
Laura Ingalls Wilder
Mildred D. Taylor
Nelly Bly
Julia Ward Howe
Beatrix Potter
Gwendolyn Brooks

Women in Science and Math:
Hypatia
Elizabeth Blackwell
Barbara McClintock
Berthel Carmichael

Women in Fine Arts:
Georgia O’Keeffe
Dat-so-la-lee
Dorothea Lange
Marian Anderson
Shirley Temple Black

Women in Sports:
Babe Didrickson Zaharias
Aileen (Riggin) Soule
Janet Guthrie
Althea Gibson
Peggy Fleming

Women in Political Life:
Frances Perkins
Eleanor Holmes Norton
Barbara Jordan
Golda Mabovitz Meir
Betty Williams and Mairead Corrigan
Sandra Day O’Connor

Grades 4-8 This books offers an overview of women and their achievements.
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