Sue Macy
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.3 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
1170L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Most people know Sally Ride as the first American female astronaut to travel in space. But in her lifetime she was also a nationally ranked tennis player, a physicist who enjoyed reading Shakespeare, a university professor, the founder of a company that helped inspire girls and young women to pursue careers in science and math, and a recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom"--
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2016].
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
NC 910L
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
Examines the career of Mary Garber, who "was a sportswriter for fifty-six years and was the first woman to receive the Associated Press Sports Editors Red Smith Award, presented for major contributions in sports journalism. And now, every year the Association of Women in Sports Media presents the Mary Garber Pioneer Award in her honor to a role model for women in sports media"--Amazon.com.
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
36 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
Tells the story of Gertrude Ederle's 1926 swim across the English Channel, describing how she overcame difficult environmental, physical, and cultural challenges to become the first woman to establish her historic record.
Author
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
[2006]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.6 - AR Pts: 3
Lexile measure
1300L
Physical Desc
96 pages : illustrations (some color), map ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
Highlights in the history of the Winter Olympics from their inception in 1924 to today, including profiles of the Olympic athletes and information on the lesser-known winter sports. Also includes an Olympic almanac with information about each Olympiad.
Author
Series
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
[2009]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.5 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
1150L
Physical Desc
64 pages : illustrations, maps ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
The life story of this daring news reporter, globetrotter, and advocate for women's rights is presented chronologically from birth to death.
Author
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.8 - AR Pts: 4
Physical Desc
96 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
Publisher Annotation: Award-winning author Sue Macy offers a fresh and timely account of women in sports in the 1920s, and how their determination, talent, and defiance in the face of criticism promoted women's rights, redefined femininity, and changed the course of history.
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
[2011]
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
Raised on a cattle ranch, Agnes Morley was sent to Stanford University to learn to be a lady. Yet in no time she exchanged her breeches and spurs for bloomers and a basketball; and in April 1896 she made history. In a heart-pounding game against the University of California at Berkeley, Agnes led her team to victory in the first-ever intercollegiate women's basketball game, earning national attention and putting women's basketball on the map.
Author
Publisher
National Geographic Partners
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.1 - AR Pts: 3
Physical Desc
96 pages : colored illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
Come along for a joy ride in this tribute to the daring women -- Motor Girls, as they were called at the turn of the century -- who got behind the wheel of the first cars and paved the way for change. The automobile has always symbolized freedom, and in this book we meet the first generation of female motorists who drove cars for fun, profit, and to make a statement about the evolving role of women. From the advent of the auto in the 1890s to the...
14) The book rescuer: how a mensch from Massachusetts saved Yiddish literature for generations to come
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
48 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
"Over the last forty years, Aaron Lansky has jumped into dumpsters, rummaged around musty basements, and crawled through cramped attics. He did all of this in pursuit of a particular kind of treasure, and he's found plenty. Lansky's treasure was any book written Yiddish, the language of generations of European Jews. When he started looking for Yiddish books, experts estimated there might be about 70,000 still in existence. Since then, the MacArthur...