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May 2008
Selected by the
New Hampshire Center
for the Book
to be the
NH FEATURED BOOK
at the
2008
NATIONAL
BOOK FESTIVAL
in Washington DC.
Reviews
"This book is terrific. It is very kid and teacher
friendly. The layout is
exactly what a child needs.
The tidbits are definitely a plus. From
a teacher's
point of view it is superb."
--
Patricia Graves, retired fifth-grade teacher
"For kids . . . Women of Granite is a good
one. For
grownups, it’s a good book to surf
through. It brings
Harriet Wilson . . . to life more than anything
else
I’ve read about her, and the same goes for Granny D.
. .
"It lives up to its title: these are women you
should
know . . . It’s just about the sheer
accomplishments
of women . . . worthwhile and presented nicely . . . "
--Lisa Parsons, Hippo Press-
"These women are all role
models. The variety of their
accomplishments says to young
readers: Look at the
possibilities for you. You, too,
can achieve your dreams,
whether you're a musician like
Marian MacDowell, a
pioneering pilot like Bernice
Blake Perry, a photographer
like Lotte Jacobi or a doll maker
and business woman like
Annalee Thorndike...women of
Granite would be a great
addition to any town or school
library. It could be the book
that hooks a youngster on
history...
--Rebecca Rule, The Sunday Monitor, August
17, 2008
[Women of Granite] “…shine
(s) a spotlight on…women,
and attempt(s) to take them from
the back pages of history
and put them into their proper
places of prominence.”
--Melanie Plenda NH Sunday News
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Women Profiled include:
Amias Thompson
Ona (Oney) Maria Judge Staines
Lucy Howe Crawford
Betsey Chamberlain
Harriet E. Adams Wilson
Margaret (Mattie) Knight
Marilla Ricker
Marian MacDowell
Mary Bradish Titcomb
Carolyn Gardner Clark
Persis Foster Eames Albee
Elizabeth Gurley Flynn
Lotte Jacobi
Bernice Blake Perry
Elizabeth Yates
Elizabeth Orton Jones
Ethel Doris "Granny D." Rollins Haddock
May Sidore Gruber
Annalee Thorndike
Penny Pitou
Jeanne Shaheen
Christa McAuliffe
Linda Stewart Dalianis
Lynn Jennings
Jenny Thompson
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