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Profiles sixty men and women from the American colonial era, including explorers, founders of colonies, religious leaders, landowners, artists, and more.

This volume profiles astronauts, scientists, theorists, writers, and spacecraft, such as the International Space Station.

Volume 02 : P-Z.

Entries in chronological order present women involved in important moments in the arts, business, social activism, government, religion, sports, and other areas.

Entries in chronological order present women involved in important moments in the arts, business, social activism, government, religion, sports, and other areas.

Entries in chronological order present women involved in important moments in the arts, business, social activism, government, religion, sports, and other areas.

The original 3-vol. set helped fill a large gap in age-appropriate biographies in libraries. Later volumes offer students additional biographies of men and women who have helped define the modern world. Volumes 4-6 offer more than 100 additional biographies.

Volume 1 presents the history of space exploration from early stargazers to NASA's Project Apollo.