HER STORY: A TIMELINE OF THE WOMEN WHO CHANGED AMERICA

Book ID/图书代码： 12580013B64202

English Summary/英文概要： HER STORY is a vivid documentation of the breadth and diversity of American women’s achievements throughout history that will encourage and empower women all over the world. A celebration of remarkable women, this one-of-a-kind illustrated timeline highlights the awesome, varied, and often unrecognized contributions of American women since the 1500s through 2011.

There have been women trailblazers throughout history; women have had a profound impact on the intellectual, social, and political development of our society. But many of their contributions have gone unnoticed. Did you know that a woman microbiologist discovered the bacterium responsible for undulant fever, which then led to the pasteurization of all milk? Or that a female mathematician’s work laid the foundation for abstract algebra?

The women featured in HER STORY range from writers, artists, actors, and athletes to doctors, scientists, social and political activists, educators, and inventors, and include women of all backgrounds and philosophies. The authors have compiled an extraordinary collection of women and events that provides a unique view of history. Part of HER STORY’s distinctiveness is the inclusion of hundreds of lesser-known women from all walks of life who have broken barriers and created paths of noteworthy and inspiring achievement.

Pictures and photographs along with short captions document women who’ve excelled in all areas. For example, Dominican nun, Sister Rose Thering, was instrumental in the Vatican’s repeal of its policy of holding Jews responsible for the crucifixion; At age 75 Barbara Hillary became the first African American woman to reach the North Pole and she later becomes the first African American woman to reach the South Pole; Molecular biologist Flossie Wong-Staal is the first person to clone the HIV virus, a major advance in the treatment of AIDS; Martina Navratilova defects from Czechoslovakia, pursues her tennis career in the United States and goes on to win a total of fifty-six Grand Slam events; Architecture critic Ada Louise Huxtable receives the Pulitzer Prize for distinguished criticism in the first year it is awarded; Physicist, Katherine Blodgett, is issued a patent for nonreflecting glass, now used on cell phones, eyeglasses, cameras, microscopes, and telescopes; Norwegian figure skater Sonja Henie wins her first world championship and goes on to win the next nine world amateur championships as well as three Olympic gold medals; Vinnie Ream Hoxie becomes the first woman to receive a federal commission for sculpture, one of her most famous works, displayed in the U.S. Capitol rotunda, is a life-size statue of Abraham Lincoln; At age twenty-one, sculptor Maya Lin is selected to design the Vietnam Veterans Memorial and wins international acclaim.

Today’s women all over the world can draw inspiration and strength from the passion, determination, and persistence of the women who came before us. HER STORY is a captivating look at America’s often unsung female champions that will resonate with women everywhere, and men alike.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 《她的故事》是一部关于美国妇女在整个历史上所取得的多样性成就的书，这将鼓励全世界的妇女，并给她们赋予权力。这本书是对做出非凡成就的女性的赞赏，这种独一无二的依着时间表来解说的形式高度凸显了16世纪至2011年以来美国一些非凡的、各色各样的妇女以及作出一些并不为人熟知的贡献的其他妇女。

在整个历史中，已有很多女性开拓者；妇女已经在我们的智力、社会和政治发展中产生了深远的影响。但是他们的很多贡献都被忽视了。你知道吗，一位女性微生物学家发现了细菌在波状热下的作用，这成就了后来所有牛奶巴氏杀菌法的诞生？一个女数学家的工作奠定了抽象代数的基础？

《她的故事》里涵盖了很多有特点的女性的故事，包括从作家，艺术家，演员，运动员到医生，从科学家，社会和政治活动家，教育家到发明家，包含了所有背景和哲学观的女性。作者已经收集了很多的女性事件，这将提供一个独特的历史观。《她的故事》里有一部分很独特，列入了数百位鲜为人知的各行各业的妇女打破障碍取得值得注意和鼓舞人心的成就的事迹。

在各个领域出类拔萃的妇女的介绍旁附有图片。例如，多米尼加修女和玫瑰姐妹在梵蒂冈废除犹太人受难的政策上做了很多贡献；75岁的芭芭拉•希拉里成为第一个到达北极点非洲裔妇女，后来又成为第一个到达南极点的非洲裔妇女；分子生物学家佛萝茜•皇•斯塔尔第一个克隆出艾滋病毒的人，这是艾滋病治疗史的一大进步；纳芙拉•蒂诺娃背叛了捷克斯洛伐克，去美国追求她的网球生涯，并在赛事上总共赢得了56个大满贯；建筑评论家艾达•路易丝在普利策奖执行的第一年就收到了杰出评论奖；物理学家凯瑟琳•布洛杰特发明了反射玻璃的专利，这在现在的手机，眼镜，照相机，显微镜和望远镜上都有使用；挪威花样滑冰运动员索尼娅•海泥赢得了她的第一个世界冠军，并在未来的九个月赢得了世界业余冠军以及三个奥运金牌；维尼•瑞木•霍克西是第一个收到联邦委员会雕塑的女人，她最有名的作品之一至今仍在美国国会大厦圆形大厅展示，是真人大小的亚伯拉罕•林肯雕像，二十一岁时雕塑家林徽因被选中设计越战纪念碑并赢得了国际赞誉。

今天世界各地的妇女都可以从前辈那里汲取灵感和力量的激情以及决心和毅力。《她的故事》是对美国常常默默无闻的女冠军的探索，这将得到世界各地的妇女和男人的共鸣以及一致好评。(LNL)

Awards/获奖情况：http://entertainmentrealm.com/2010/03/19/her-story-book-review-for-womens-history-month/

http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/swe/spring09/#/72

http://www.prism-magazine.org/nov08/briefings.cfm

http://womenslegalhistory.stanford.edu/blog/?tag=her-story-a-timeline-of-women-who-changed-america--------

http://activistbiographies.suite101.com/article.cfm/her_story

http://feministreview.blogspot.com/2008/06/her-story-timeline-of-women-who-changed.html

http://herstoryatimeline.com/PDFs/national_womans_hall_of_fame_summer_2008.pdf

http://www.seas.virginia.edu/publications/engineer/spring08/Engineer%20final.pdf

About the Author/作者介绍： 夏洛特•S•魏斯曼博士是全国知名的女性拥护者。在过去二十五年里，她一直倡导妇女成为教授，政治活动家，主旨发言和专家证人。作为一个企业的领导者和教练，魏斯曼合著了几本书，包括《50个培养领导者的活动》和《领导力培训活动书》。目前，她是一个全球性的咨询公司的副总裁，专门从事大规模的领导，性别和文化的变化。魏斯曼也是妇女远景基金会的人力资源总监，通过它，她在全国各地进行演讲以及开展领导能力的工作坊。

吉尔•s•狄提恩是一位作家，演讲家和电气工程师。她出版的图书包括《打破记录系列》探讨了女性在会计，工程和专业上的成就的历史。狄提恩是国家科学和技术史顶尖女学家之一。她是演讲技巧公司的CEO，这是一个国家级的咨询公司，专门改善妇女和女孩在技术性质的职业上的选择机会。她也是工程，科学和妇女会议上的主要发言人。她于2010年被列入科罗拉多州的妇女名人堂。

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