Trailblazing American Women: First in Their Fields

by Barbara Kramer

What combination of talent and timing made it possible for the ten women profiled here to crash through gender barriers? Their reasons to achieve were as varied as the careers they chose: Jane Addams... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Library Binding
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0766013774
• ISBN13: 9780766013773
• Release Date: January 2000
• Publisher: Enslow Publishing
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 11 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Grades 6 to 12

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Upon Their Shoulders

She watched through teary eyes, past the flowers, and beyond the coffin. What am I to do without him to help me, she thought. The words of the minister were hollow and echoed past her ears. She prayed, "Oh God, please help me just to take my next breath." "How awful," they said, "to be left with four little boys. Surely she will remarry."I can't remarry. I love only him. I must do this thing that has been placed upon my shoulders.The above story, was my mother's story. She raised me, and my three older brothers, alone. She had no mate to help her. I have admired and will forever admire her strength and courage. As I have read "Trailblazing American Women, First in Their Field," I have come to an admiration for the great women in American history. I admire their compassion and better wisdom. Such accomplishments as Jane Addam's, Hull-House, and Jeannette Rankin's, iron clad stance against war, have caused me to reflect, and in some cases even weep. I weep, for their's was the greater insight and they were not recognized for it, until, after many trials and hardships.Barbara Kramer, has given us a treasure with her book "Trailblazing American Women." Whether you are an adult or a young person, this book will teach and bring you to a remembrance of those wonderful women who gladly carried our burdens upon their shoulders.Marv