TY - BOOK AU - Kimmel,Elizabeth Cody TI - Ladies first: 40 daring American women who were second to none SN - 0792253930 AV - CT3260 .K56 2006 U1 - 920.72/0973B 22 PY - 2006/// CY - Washington, D.C. PB - National Geographic KW - Women KW - Biography KW - sears N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 176-184) and index; Wilson's Children, October 2010; Wilson's Junior High School, January 2010; School Library Journal, October 2006; Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), August 2006; Library Media Connection, January 2007; 8.0; 5-8; Follett Library Resources; Accelerated Reader AR; MG; 9.1; 7.0; 109700; NBEV N2 - Examines the achievements of forty American women in a variety of fields, each of whom accomplished a significant "first," including Wilma Mankiller, the first woman to become Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation, Phillis Wheatley, the first African-American woman writer to be published, and Harriet Quimby, the first American woman to obtain a license to fly ER -