Mary Cronk Farrell
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
The incredible story of Catherine Leroy, one of the few woman photographers during the Vietnam War, told by an award-winning journalist and children's author
From award-winning journalist and children's book author Mary Cronk Farrell comes the inspiring and fascinating story of the woman who gave a human face to the Vietnam War. Close-Up on War tells the story of French-born Catherine Leroy, one of the war's few woman photographers, who documented...
Author
Publisher
Abrams Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2021
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.7 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Standing Up Against Hate tells the stories of the African American women who enlisted in the newly formed Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) in World War II. They quickly discovered that they faced as many obstacles in the armed forces as they did in everyday life. However, they refused to back down. They interrupted careers and left family, friends, and loved ones to venture into unknown and sometimes dangerous territory. They survived
...Author
Publisher
Abrams / Vearsa Limited
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 7 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
In the early 1940s, young women enlisted for peacetime duty as U.S. Army nurses. But when the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941 blasted the United States into World War II, 101 American Army and Navy nurses serving in the Philippines were suddenly treating wounded and dying soldiers while bombs exploded all around them. The women served in jerry-rigged jungle hospitals on the Bataan Peninsula and in underground tunnels on Corregidor Island....
4) Daughters of the Desert: Stories of Remarkable Women from Christian, Jewish and Muslim Traditions
Author
Language
English
Description
How would the most cherished stories of Christianity, Judaism, and Islam be different if women were the active central figures?
This ground-breaking collection of short stories brings to life the women-daring, brave, thoughtful, and wise-who played important and exciting roles in the early days of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.
Join Esther as she stands against injustice and her king to save her people, Aisha as she leads hundreds of men into terrifying...