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Frances Wright was one of the pioneers in the fight for women's
reproductive rights in late-19th century America. She received
little support at the time, but laid the foundation for those who
followed. Margaret Sanger championed the universal availability of
contraception. Betty Friedan founded the National Organization for
Women (NOW). A collection of eleven biographies of women who fought
for women's reproductive rights and their right to education about
sexuality. Each made a significant contribution to women's
emancipation from repressive sexual attitudes and laws.
For most of the 20th century, American women had little
encouragement to become scientists. In 1906, there were only 75
female scientists employed by academic institutions in the entire
country. Despite considerable barriers, determined women have,
however, decidedly distinguished themselves. Three examples:
Astronomer Annie Jump Cannon discovered five novas and over 300
other stars. Mathematician and computer scientist Grace Hopper
helped invent the COBOL language. Anesthesiologist Virginia Apgar
devised the now universally used Apgar score to make a rapid
evaluation of a newborn's condition just after delivery. Of the 23
American women scientists covered, six were awarded Nobel prizes.
Each biography is accompanied by a photograph. A bibliography and
an index complete the work.
While the roots of the detective novel go back to the 19th century,
the genre reached its height around 1925 to 1945. This work
presents information on twenty British and American women who wrote
during the 20th century. As a group they were responsible for the
great popularity of the detective novel in the first half of the
century. The British authors are Sora Turnbull (Patricia
Wentworth), Agatha Christie, Dorothy Sayers, Elizabeth Mackintosh
(Josephine Tey), Gladys Mitchell, Margery Allingham, Edith Pargeter
(Ellis Peters), Phyllis Dorothy James White (P.D. James), Gwendolyn
Butler (Jennie Melville), and Ruth Rendell, and the Americans are
Patricia Highsmith, Carolyn Heilbrun (Amanda Cross), Edna Buchanan,
Kare Gallison, Sue Grafton, Sara Paretsky, Nevada Barr, Patricia
Cornwell, Carol Higgins Clark, and Megan Rust. A flavor of each
author's work is provided.
Millions of Americans know and love Charlie Brown and Snoopy,
Blondie and Dagwood, Doonesbury, Li'l Abner, Garfield, Cathy,
Beetle Bailey and other such comic strip characters. Thanks to the
cartoonists - the people who have brought and still bring these and
other characters to life day after day in the newspapers - the
characters have become an entertaining and important part of
American culture. Charles Schulz (Peanuts), Chic Young (Blondie),
Gary Trudeau (Doonesbury), Al Capp (Li'l Abner), Jim Davis
(Garfield), Cathy Guisewite (Cathy), Mort Walker (Beetle Bailey),
Rudolph Dirks (The Katzenjammer Kids), Alex Raymond (Rip Kirby),
Chester Gould (Dick Tracy), Frank King (Gasoline Alley), Cliff
Sterrett (Polly and Her Pals), and other cartoonists whose comic
strips appeared in American newspapers between 1945 to 1980 are
featured in this work. The author provides a biographical sketch of
each cartoonist, with special attention given to the cartoonist's
career and characters.
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