Six-year old Susan helps her grandmother in the kitchen and begins to learn the role of women in the household. It is 1825. Women are not allowed to vote and by law must obey their husbands. Seeing how hard the women of her family work, she is struck by the unfairness of such a law. Susan’s lifelong dedication culminates in the 1920 election wherein women first gain the right to vote. This story gives children a historical sense of how one woman

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Describes the girlhood of one of the first battlefield nurses, who aided wounded soldiers in the Civil War and founded the American Red Cross.

Focuses on the youth of the Massachusetts slave who, after joining the colonial patriots in their struggle for freedom, was the first man to die in the American Revolution.

Describes how Sacagawea found adventure guiding Lewis and Clark to the Oregon coast.

Ten-year old Ben Franklin finds working in his father's candle shop boring--he'd much rather be doing experiments. With nothing but a simple kite, can Ben get across the pond--without swimming a single stroke?

A true incident in the life of young Helen Keller in which she gets stuck in a storm and her teacher, Annie Sullivan, rescues her.