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Profiles of eleven women who distinguished themselves in major or minor ways in America's history: Willa Cather, Molly Pitcher, Susan B. Anthony, Sacajawea, Martha Washington, Elizabeth Palmer Peabody, Emily Dickinson, Clara Barton, Emma Lazarus, Amelia Earhart, and Dolly Madison.
12) Jane Addams
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A biography of Jane Addams, describing her founding of Hull House and her efforts to abolish child labor, establish juvenile courts, and find employment for the poor.
13) William Penn
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The life of the English gentleman who became a Quaker and established the colony of Pennsylvania as a peaceful settlement with religious freedom for all and friendly relations with the Indians.
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Examines the accomplishments of great black baseball players from the infancy of the old Negro National League in 1920, through its heyday in the 1930's and 40's; from the first appearance of a black player in the major leagues to the emergence of today's superstars.
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Not every pilot can guide his aircraft from a wave-tossed deck, seek out targets over unfamiliar Korean terrain, then return to what looks like a speck in the sea. Naval Reservist Harry Brubaker can. A war-weary World War II veteran who must leave his family to fight again.
20) Air strike
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When the vicious and powerful leader of a drug cartel and his highly-trained private army rob millions from a bank in Eastern Europe, an elite helicopter squadron is called in to bring them down. Together, with the help of the U.S. Rangers, the helicopter squad must move quickly and decisively or they will get caught in hostile territory and no one will get out alive.
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