We have listed below the resources used to research the amazing girls profiled in this book and have also included some additional materials that you can check out if you want to know more about these heroines.
Ambrose, Stephen E. Undaunted Courage: Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson, and the Opening of the American West. New York: Touchstone, 1996.
Ashby, Ruth, and Deborah Gore Ohm, eds. Herstory: Women Who Changed the World. New York: Viking, 1995.
Baldwin, Louis. Women of Strength: Biographies of 106 Who Have Excelled in Traditionally Male Fields. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 1996.
Barker-Benfield, G. J., and Catherine Clinton. Portraits of American Women: From Settlement to the Present. New York: St. Martin’s Press, 1991.
Beckner, Chrisanne. 100 African-Americans Who Shaped American History. San Francisco: Bluewood Books, 1995.
Biracree, Tom. Wilma Rudolph, Women of Achievement Series. New York: Chelsea House, 1988.
Borland, Kathryn Kilby. Phillis Wheatley, Young Revolutionary Poet. Indianapolis: Patria Press, Inc., 2005.
Brill, Marlene Targ. Journey for Peace: The Story of Rigoberta Menchu. New York: Lodestar Books, 1996.
Cosson, M. J. Harriet Tubman. Edina, MN: Abdo Publishing Company, 2007.
Daly, Jay. Presenting S. E. Hinton. New York: Dell, 1989.
Dee, Catherine. The Girls’ Book of Wisdom: Empowering, Inspirational Quotes from Over 400 Fabulous Females. New York: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, 1999.
Emboden, William. Sarah Bernhardt. New York: Macmillan, 1975.
Felder, Deborah G. The 100 Most Influential Women of All Time: A Ranking Past and Present. New York: Citadel Press, 1996.
Ferris, Jeri. What I Had Was Singing: The Story of Marian Anderson. Minneapolis: Carolrhoda Books, 1994.
Frank, Anne. The Diary of a Young Girl: The Definitive Edition. Edited by Otto Frank and Mirjam Pressler. Translated by Susan Massotty. New York: Doubleday, 1995.
Frazier, Neta Lohnes. Path to the Pacific: The Story of Sacagawea. New York: Sterling Publishing, 2007.
Greenblatt, Miriam. Hatshepsut and Ancient Egypt. New York: Benchmark Books, 2000.
Gupte, Pranay. Mother India: A Political Biography of Indira Gandhi. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1992.
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Krull, Kathleen. Wilma Unlimited: How Wilma Rudolph Became the World’s Fastest Woman. New York: Harcourt Brace, 1996.
Lazzarini, Roberta, and John Lazzarini, eds. Pavlova: Portrait of a Dancer. New York: Viking, 1984.
Leakey, Mary. Disclosing the Past. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1984.
MacDonald, Anne L. Feminine Ingenuity: How Women Inventors Changed America. New York: Ballantine, 1994.
Malone, Mary. Maya Lin: Architect and Artist. Springfield, NJ: Enslow Publishers, 1995.
McAuley, Karen. Golda Meir. New York: Chelsea House, 1985.
McGrayne, Sharon Bertsch. Nobel Prize Women in Science: Their Lives, Struggles and Momentous Discoveries. New York: Birch Lane Press, 1993.
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Myles, Bruce. Night Witches: The Amazing Story of Russia’s Women Pilots in World War II. Chicago: Academy Chicago Publishers, 1997.
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Pasaschoff, Naomi. A Student’s Guide to the Brontë Sisters. Berkeley Heights, NJ: Enslow Publishers, 2009.
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Pflaum, Rosalynd. Grand Obsession: Madame Curie and Her World. New York: Doubleday, 1989.
Rolka, Gail Meyer. 100 Women Who Shaped World History. San Francisco: Bluewood Rooks, 1994.
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Taylor, M. W. Harriet Tubman. New York: Chelsea House, 1991.
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Wepman, Denis. Helen Keller, American Women of Achievement Series. New York: Chelsea House, 1987.
Young, Bette Roth. Emma Lazarus in Her World: Life and Letters. Philadelphia: The Jewish Publication Society, 1995.
Zaharias, Babe Didrikson. This Life I’ve Led: My Autobiography. New York: A. S. Barnes, 1955.
Girls Can Do Anything Magazine.
http://gcdamagazine.com/em/inspirational-girls.
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Coco Before Chanel, 2009, Anne Fontaine
The Diary of Anne Frank, 1959, George Stevens
Evita, 1996, Alan Parker
Florence Nightingale, 1985, Daryl Duke
Great Souls: Mother Teresa, 2002, Tom Ivy
Jane Eyre, 2011, Cary Fukanaga
Joan of Arc, 1999, Christian Duguay
The Journey of Sacagawea, 2004, PBS
The Life and Times of Frida Kahlo, 2005, Amy Stechler
Maya Lin: A Strong Clear Vision, 1994, Freida Lee Mock
Midori: Live at Carnegie Hall, 2006, Midori
The Miracle Worker, 2000, Nadia Tass
The Outsiders, 1983, Francis Ford Coppola
Temple Grandin, 2010, Mick Jackson
Tex, 1982, Tim Hunter
A Woman Called Moses, 1978, Paul Wendkos
Wuthering Heights, 1992, Peter Kosminsky
A Woman Called Golda, 1982, Alan Gibson