Gelletly, LeeAnne

An overview of immigration from Mexico to the United States and Canada since the 1960s, when immigration laws were changed to permit greater numbers of people to enter these countries.

Provides an introduction to the contributions of women during America's revolutionary period, the fight for educational reform and the recognition of legal and educational rights for women, and short profiles of people involved in the movement.

Text and illustrations chronicle the life of Harriet Beecher Stowe, author of the novel "Uncle Tom's Cabin," which caused major controversy in the decade before the Civil War; also includes a glossary, a Stowe chronology, a Civil War time line, and a bibliography.