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Ellin, Nancy – 1984
Readings, activities, and teaching strategies for a secondary unit on black women are included in this teacher handbook. Instructional material is divided into four sections. Following a note on the use of the booklet, section 1 consists of 24 two-page biographies of black women, including Selma Burke, Lena Horne, Leontyne Price, Charlayne…
Descriptors: Biographies, Black Achievement, Black Culture, Black Leadership
Sawyer, Kem Knapp – 1991
An illustrated biography for children features Lucretia Mott, one of the pioneers of the movement for womens' rights. Born in 1793, Lucretia Mott was raised a Quaker; her strong spiritual beliefs underlay her outspoken advocacy of equal rights for women and blacks, and against war. Lucretia became a leader among those who wished to abolish…
Descriptors: Biographies, Childrens Literature, Civil Rights, Elementary Education