Washoe County Library System

Profiles the careers of seven women elected to head their respective countries, including Golda Meir, Indira Gandhi, Margaret Thatcher, Corazon Aquino, Benazir Bhutto, Violeta Barrios de Chamorro, and Gro Harlem Brundtland.

"The fifth of ten children, George Washington was a dreamer, a hard worker, an athlete, and a peacemaker. By the time he was fifteen he had handwritten for himself the "Rules of Civility and Decent Behavior in Company and Conversation." These were his rules to live by. He could not have known what his future would hold...and these rules speak to who he was as a boy and a man. Based on this little known historical document, this is George Washington's...

A brief overview of the life of the man who was President of the United States during the difficult years of the Civil War and who issued the Emancipation Proclamation freeing the slaves.

A simple biography of the Illinois lawyer who served the country as president through the difficulties of the Civil War.

Examines the life and times of the multifaceted man who wrote the Declaration of Independence and later became the third president of the United States.

A brief account of the life of the "Father of Our Country."

A biography of the the man who became the twenty-sixth president of the United States when President McKinley was shot in 1901 and who helped establish the national park system.

A biography of the President who led us through World War I and whom historians consider one of the three of four most successful Presidents.