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To my wonderful family and friends, all of whom have enriched my life —D.D.

To all the strong women in my life, who inspire me and give me courage —L.R.

Copyright © 2023 by Dennis Denenberg and Lorraine Roscoe
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Title: 60 American heroes every kid should meet / by Dennis
George C. Marshall Foundation Denenberg, Lorraine Roscoe.
Helen Keller National Center (HKNC) for DeafBlind Youth and Other titles: Sixty American heroes every kid should meet
Adults Description: Minneapolis : Millbrook Press, [2023] | Includes
bibliographical references and index. | Audience: Ages
Tura Campanella-Cook of the Jane Addams Peace Association 11–18 | Audience: Grades 7–9 | Summary: “Encounter
Supreme Court of the United States, Public Information Office sixty remarkable Americans and their inspiring stories in
browseable, photo-illustrated pages. Revised by the original
The dedicated librarians at Millersville University’s Ganser authors, this unique book includes up-to-date websites,
Library and the Lancaster County Library
book lists, and biographical information”— Provided by
publisher.
Thanks to Jason Redcay, Jonathon Ober, and Nate Martin for Identifiers: LCCN 2021052297 (print) | LCCN 2021052298
their help with the Vote for Your Hero contest (ebook) | ISBN 9781728449302 (library binding) | ISBN
9781728449319 (paperback) | ISBN 9781728460505
(ebook)
Thanks to Michael G. Roscoe, and Allison and Bethany Subjects: LCSH: Heroes—United States—Biography—Juvenile
Roscoe for their continuing patience and support literature. | United States—Biography—Juvenile literature.
Classification: LCC CT217 .D464 2023 (print) | LCC CT217
(ebook) | DDC 920.073—dc23/eng/20211029
Thank you also to teachers John Mohn, Georgette Hackman,
Amy Evans, and Dr. Cole Reilly LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2021052297
LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2021052298

And a special thank-you to Angie Post-Speitel for crusading Manufactured in the United States of America
to include her hero, Mary McLeod Bethune, in this book 1-50431-49940-3/7/2022