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  • Hypatia
    Billie Holladay Skelley
    Hypatia of Alexandria was one of the most brilliant women who lived in the ancient world. Born in Alexandria, Egypt in the fourth century CE, Hypatia lived in a time when few girls learned to read or write. Women were expected to marry, to run a household, and to raise children. Hypatia’s father, Theon, however, educated her as if she were his son, not his daughter. Theon raise...
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    26,34 €

  • Bass Reeves
    Billie Holladay Skelley
    Children’s Biography--the life of Bass Reeves. Bass Reeves started life as a slave, but he grew up to be one of the most respected lawmen in the West. In 1875, Judge Isaac C. Parker hired Reeves as a deputy U.S. marshal because he knew Reeves was familiar with the terrain of Indian Territory, was on friendly terms with several Native American tribes, and could speak their langu...
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    19,78 €

  • Luella Agnes Owen
    Billie Holladay Skelley
        Luella Agnes Owen was a female pioneer in the fields of speleology, geography, and geology. She viewed these three disciplines not as separate sciences, but as three branches of a scientific trinity-and she devoted much of her life to this trinity. Owen had to overcome many obstacles and defy some of the conventions of her time to become a scientist, but she became one of t...
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    18,47 €

  • Ruth Law
    Billie Holladay Skelley
    Children’s Biography:  As an aviation pioneer, Ruth Law was one of the most daring, courageous, and successful aviators of her time. She established several new flight records, and in 1916, she inspired the nation with a bold and historic flight. Ruth Law showed the world that women could be inspiring leaders and superb pilots.  ...
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    18,45 €

  • Hugh Armstrong Robinson
    Billie Holladay Skelley
    Children’s Biography: A remarkable engineer, inventor, and pilot, Hugh Armstrong Robinson performed many first-flight feats and was one of the most successful aviators of his time. His concept for quickly decelerating a plane by catching a cable was so successful it is still used today. Robinson devoted his life to advancing the field of aviation and to making the dream of hum...
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    18,45 €

  • TAPETI
    Billie Holladay Skelley
    While they are neither powerful nor majestic, rabbits have been revered, respected, and honored since ancient times. Admired for their speed, agility, and endurance, various cultures have featured these small, vulnerable creatures prominently in their myths, legends, and folktales. Occasionally regarded as wily tricksters, rabbits also have been celebrated as sacred animals, se...
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    17,06 €

  • Hypatia - Ancient Alexandria’s Female Scholar
    Billie Holladay Skelley / TBD
    Hypatia of Alexandria was one of the most brilliant women who lived in the ancient world. Born in Alexandria, Egypt in the fourth century CE, Hypatia lived in a time when few girls learned to read or write. Women were expected to marry, to run a household, and to raise children. Hypatia’s father, Theon, however, educated her as if she were his son, not his daughter. Theon raise...
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    18,49 €