They Stood Alone! 25 Men and Women Who Made a Difference

Name: They Stood Alone! 25 Men and Women Who Made a Difference
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ISBN: 9781616144852

ISBN-10: 1616144858

ISBN-13: 9781616144852

Edition: 2011

Authors: Sandra McLeod Humphrey

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Imagine this: For centuries everyone has believed that the sun and all the planets revolve around the earth. But by studying the old books and observing the heavens, you have concluded that the earth and all the other planets revolve around the sun. Your theory is so radical that you are hesitant to tell others about it. Your name is Nicolaus Copernicus. Although at first your beliefs are denounced and ridiculed, your observations are eventually proved correct. In time, you come to be called the founding father of modern astronomy. Or imagine this: It’s the early 19th century and women have few legal rights. Married women can’t own property, their wages belong to their husbands, and they…

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List price: $18.99
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: Prometheus Books, Publishers
Publication date: 11/22/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 176
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.55" tall
Weight: 0.528



Author's Note


Christopher Columbus


Leonardo da Vinci


Nicolaus Copernicus


Galileo Galilei


Isaac Newton


Elizabeth Cady Stanton


Henry David Thoreau


Harriet Tubman


Clara Barton


Elizabeth Blackwell


Nikola Tesla


Booker T. Washington


Marie Curie


Mahatma Gandhi


Orville Wright


Albert Einstein


Amelia Earhart


Margaret Mead


Marian Anderson


Margaret Bourke-White


Rachel Carson


Mother Teresa


Rosa Parks


Jackie Robinson


Neil Armstrong


A Final Thought


The Road Not Taken


Acknowledgments


Notes


Bibliography