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Molly, by golly! : the legend of Molly Williams, America's first female firefighter Cover Image Book

Molly, by golly! : the legend of Molly Williams, America's first female firefighter / Dianne Ochiltree ; illustrated by Kathlenn Kemly.

Ochiltree, Dianne. (Author). Kemly, Kathleen Hadam. (Added Author).

Summary:

Introduces the first known female firefighter, Molly Williams, an African American cook for New York City's Fire Company 11, who one winter day in 1818 with many volunteers sick with influenza jumped into action to stop a house fire.

Record details

  • ISBN: 1590787218
  • ISBN: 9781590787212
  • Physical Description: 1 volume (unnumbered pages) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
  • Edition: First edition
  • Publisher: Honesdale, Pa. : Calkins Creek, [2012]

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Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references.
Target Audience Note:
AD830L Lexile
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader AR LG 5 0.5 153944.

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Subject: Williams, Molly, active 1818.
African American women > Biography.
African American women > Biography > Juvenile literature.
Cooks > Biography > Juvenile literature.
Cooks > Juvenile literature.
Fire fighters > Juvenile literature.
Volunteer fire fighters > Biography > Juvenile literature.
Women fire fighters > Biography > Juvenile literature.
Women > Biography.
Women.
Womyn.
New York (N.Y.) > Juvenile literature.
Genre: Biographies.
Picture books.

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  • 22 of 24 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Sandhill Regional Library.

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Summary: Introduces the first known female firefighter, Molly Williams, an African American cook for New York City's Fire Company 11, who one winter day in 1818 with many volunteers sick with influenza jumped into action to stop a house fire.
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