Ella Jo Baker was born in 1903 into a relatively well off African American family. Her grandfather, Mitchell Ross, had been able to purchase...

Jennifer Egan S asha’s story is that of a girl born into a difficult family, who develops many problems of her own. She wants nothing more t...

Hildegard von Bingen, who lived from 1098 to 1179 A.D. was given into the care of the anchorite Jutta von Sponheim at the age of eight. She ...

Ann Patchett Franny is the prettiest baby. At her christening in Glendale, Burt kisses her beautiful mother. When Franny is six, her mother ...

Sarah Winnemucca’s grandfather, Captain Truckee, was delighted when white men first arrived in Nevada where the Piutes were living. He went ...

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie The main character of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Americanah [2013], Ifemelu grows up in Lagos, Nigeria, of Igbo par...

Audrey Sutherland was known for the swimming and kayaking adventures which she summarized in her motto, “Go simple, go solo, go now,” and ch...