(3) YA Women of Action series. After an intimate foreword by a female medical resident, engaging profiles of (mainly American) women in medicine are divided among three sections: pioneers who received formal medical training in the nineteenth century, important contributors to twentieth-century medicine, and current practitioners. Each bio emphasizes personal strengths and triumphs over adversities and ends with suggested resources. Historical photographs portray the women at work. Bib., ind.

Reviewer: Danielle J. Ford

(3) YA Women of Action series. These are interesting collective biographies of women on the WWII Pacific front and from both sides of the American Civil War, who challenged gender stereotypes of their time. Clear narrative texts provide ample historical context along with supplemental sections and high-quality black-and-white photographs. The informative accounts include plenty of primary sources and suggested further reading for each chapter. Bib., ind. Review covers these Women of Action titles: Women Heroes of World War II and Courageous Women of the Civil War.

Reviewer: Katrina Hedeen

(3) YA Women of Action series. In 1921, four men and a young Inuit woman named Ada Blackjack set off of an expedition to uninhabited Wrangel Island north of Siberia. While all four men died or disappeared during the trip, Blackjack managed to stay alive until she was rescued--no small feat in the Arctic. A well-written, well-sourced survival story, punctuated by a handful of (questionably relevant) sidebars. Bib., ind.

Reviewer: Kristy Pasquariello

(3) YA Women of Action series. These are interesting collective biographies of women on the WWII Pacific front and from both sides of the American Civil War, who challenged gender stereotypes of their time. Clear narrative texts provide ample historical context along with supplemental sections and high-quality black-and-white photographs. The informative accounts include plenty of primary sources and suggested further reading for each chapter. Bib., ind. Review covers these Women of Action titles: Women Heroes of World War II and Courageous Women of the Civil War.

Reviewer: Katrina Hedeen

(3) YA Women of Action series. This collective biography has revised and expanded on material originally published as Good Women of a Well-Blessed Land. With numerous quotes from primary sources, this dense but engaging treatise on the lives of women (including black and Native American women) in colonial America focuses on women's everyday lives and on societal attitudes about women. Reproductions of period art portray women performing various tasks. Bib., ind.

Reviewer: Anita L. Burkam

(4) YA Women of Action series. With Hervé Larroque. Edited by Kathryn J. Atwood. Cornioley's detailed account of her time as a British special agent in Nazi-occupied France is suited for readers already familiar with the basic events of World War II. She narrates with short sentences and a matter-of-fact tone that keeps readers at a distance from her story, but the material is well documented and thorough. Appropriate for students needing primary source material. Bib., ind.

Reviewer: Maeve Visser Knoth