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Hedda Garza
1) Frida Kahlo
Author
Pub. Date
c1994
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.4 - AR Pts: 4
Description
An account of the Mexican-born painter's tumultuous career.
2) Pablo Casals
Author
Pub. Date
c1993
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.7 - AR Pts: 4
Description
Presents the life and times of the celebrated cellist who modernized cello technique and firmly established the cello as a concert instrument.
3) Mao Zedong
Author
Pub. Date
[1988]
Description
A biography of the man who transformed China from a culture steeped in ancient traditions into a revolutionary communist state.
4) Joan Baez
Author
Pub. Date
c1991
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.2 - AR Pts: 4
Description
Presents the life and times of the folk singer who was a major voice of the social upheaval of the 1960s.
Author
Pub. Date
[1994]
Description
Garza maintains that the field of medicine is an indicator of the status of women in society. In the 15th century lay women healers were executed for practicing witchcraft. At one time in the United States, midwives were banned. Three women are noted as being major contributors to the development of nursing: Dorothea Dix, Florence Nightingale, & Margaret Sanger. Chapter notes, bibliography, & index.
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