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Borrowed Names: Poems About Laura Ingalls Wilder, Madam C.J. Walker, Marie Curie, and Their Daughters
Borrowed Names Poems About Laura Ingalls Wilder Madam CJ Walker Marie Curie and Their Daughters Author:Jeannine Atkins Borrowed names is a collection of poems about three famous women and their daughters. — Laura Ingalls Wilder spent her childhood in log cabins and traveling across the prairie in covered wagons. It was her daughter, Rose, who suggested the stories from that childhood might make a good book. Mother and daughter worked togeth... more »er to turn memories into one of the most beloved children's series in the world.
Madam C. J. Walker, born Sarah Breedlove, was the daughter of former slaves. She was determined to make a better life for her own daughter A'Lelia. She took a new name and with A'Lelia's help built a million-dollar beauty empire for women of color.
Marie Curie discovered radium and became the first person in history to win two Nobel Prizes. Inspired by her mother, Irene, too, helped injured soldiers during World War I and won awards for her scientific researched« less
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