Notable Women

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Notable Women

• Presented by
• Mrs. Buffas Class

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Wilma Mankiller

• Wilmas husband was Charlie Soap.
• Wilma was in the Oklahoma Womens Hall of fame.

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Amelia Earhart

• Amelia was married G.P. Putnam.

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Julia Child author, television personality,
teacher, chef

• She learned French cooking while her husband was
  in the diplomatic service in France during the
  1940.
• She hosted a series of educational television
  programs.

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Beverly Cleary writer

• Cleary has written over 30 books including The
  Mouse and The Motorcycle.
• Beverly Cleary published Henry Huggins, her first
  book in 1950.

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Taylor CaldwellNovelist

• Her books include Dynasty.
• She also wrote under the name Max Reiner.

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Rachel Carsonwriter and marine biologist

• She wrote a book on Sea Life.
• She studied the dangers of certain insecticides.

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Mary Shelley English Author

• She died in 1851
• She had one son, Percy Florence Shelley.

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Coco Chanel

• She was alive during World War 2.
• She owned a millinery shop.

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Liz Claiborne

• Liz Claiborne studied art in Europe
• She work as a designer in New York

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Rosa ParksSeamstress, Social Activist

• She did not give up her seat on the bus.
• She was awarded the gold congressional meld

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Toni MorrisonWriter

• Her book Beloved won the Pulitzer Prize
• Her book Song of Solomon won the National Book
  Award.

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Emily Dickinson poet

• She was considered one of the greatest poet.
• She has unique gemlike lyrics.

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Barbara Jordanpolitician and educator

• She earned a law degree from Boston University in
  1959.
• She became the first black to enter the Texas
  state senate in 1966.

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Nadia Comaneci gymnast

• She scored a perfect 10 score in two events
• She also won many medals

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Shirley Chisholm

• She was the first black woman to congress.
• She attended the public schools of Brooklyn.
  

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Mary Cassatt painter

• She spent most of her life in FranceShe was am
  impressionist.

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Margaret Bourke Whitephotographer

• She took pictures in World War two.
• Her husbands name was Erskine

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Bessie Coleman

• She was the first person to get her international
  pilots license.
• She was born in 1892

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Willa Catherwriter

• She worked as a teacher.
• She was a novelist.

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Joyce Chenchef

• She opened a Chinese restaurant
• She hosted a cooking show.

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Jane AddamsAmerican social worker

• She was the leader in woman suffrage.
• She got the 1931 Nobel Peace Price.

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Julie Krone

• She the only woman to ride winner in a triple
  crown race.
• Retired in 1999 as all-time winningest female
  jockey

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Maureen Connelly tennis player

• She won a champion tennis game. She was the
  youngest player to play in the U. S. national
  singles.

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J.K Rolling

• She wrote the Harry Potter books.
• She lives in south England.

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Babe Didrickson Zaharias

• She was the greatest woman athlete of modern
  times
• She won five events