Traces the life and achievements of the architect, bibliophile, president, and author of the Declaration of Independence. A simple presentation of the third president's life from childhood.
Traces the life of the nineteenth-century English woman who followed her calling to work in hospitals and improve the conditions under which the sick were treated.
A brief biography of the Sioux chief who worked to maintain the rights of Native American people and who led the defeat of General Custer at the Little Big Horn in 1876.
An introduction to the life of the woman born into slavery who became a well-known abolitionist and crusader for the rights of African Americans in the United States.
An introduction to the genius with a curious mind who loved to experiment and who invented the phonograph, light bulb, movie camera, and numerous other items.
Discusses the life of the pilot who was the first woman to cross the Atlantic by herself in a plane. The first woman to fly across the Atlantic solo, she disappeared mysteriously.