role models

Profiles ten women from different times and fields of endeavor whose lives are meant to serve as role models, including Pocahontas, Harriet Tubman, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, Clara Barton, Emily Dickinson, Mary Cassatt, Helen Keller, Eleanor Roosevelt, Amelia Earhart, and Margaret Mead.

Examines the experiences of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender--LGBS--individuals from around the world, discussing the importance of role models such as the late politician Harvey Milk, Congressman Barney Frank, comedian Ellen DeGeneres, and others.

Focuses on the specific issue, are athletes good role models, and offers a variety of perspectives eyewitness accounts, governmental views, scientific analysis, newspaper and magazine accounts, and many more to illuminate the issue.

Presents a collection of articles on the controversial topic of role models and debates the issue of placing athletes in a position where they become heroes to millions of youngsters and teens in spite of their sometimes questionable character.