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The Courage to Compete by Abbey Curran
epub |eng | 2015-07-23 | Author:Abbey Curran

ELEVEN Miss Iowa Before I went to the Miss Iowa contest, I was sitting in my dorm room waiting for life to happen. I had been like a caterpillar, yearning ...
( Category: Women January 3,2023 )
Women Aviators by Karen Bush Gibson
epub |eng | 2013-04-18 | Author:Karen Bush Gibson

WASPs. Courtesy of the US Air Force The women pilots didn’t earn as much as the male pilots, nor were they entitled to benefits because the WASPs weren’t officially in ...
( Category: History April 19,2016 )
The Many Faces of Josephine Baker by Peggy Caravantes
epub |eng | 2015-05-31 | Author:Peggy Caravantes

7 Joséphine’s Challenges PORTUGAL WELCOMED JOSÉPHINE with invitations to diplomatic parties at the British, Belgian, and French embassies. As she moved from one ambassador to another, she listened for information ...
( Category: Women June 1,2015 )
Women Heroes of the American Revolution by Susan Casey
epub |eng | 2015-05-24 | Author:Susan Casey

Mary Lindley was born in 1726 and raised in Pennsylvania, the daughter of Thomas Lindley, a blacksmith who had moved from Ireland to Pennsylvania in 1719. Thomas Lindley was a ...
( Category: Military May 25,2015 )
Reflections: On the Magic of Writing by Diana Wynne Jones
epub |eng | 2012-09-25 | Author:Diana Wynne Jones [Jones, Diana Wynne]

Lecture Three: Why Don’t You Write Real Books? In her third talk in Australia, Diana explores the nature of “Real Books.” The talk was based on an article she wrote ...
( Category: Composition & Creative Writing February 8,2015 )
Hidden Girl-The True Story of a Modern-Day Child Slave by Shyima Hall
mobi |eng | 2014-01-21 | Author:Shyima Hall

Chapter ten I didn’t have to wait too long before I got my wish. Not too long after I turned fifteen, I was placed in the home of a family ...
( Category: Women December 19,2014 )

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