Jeri Ferris Books
With open hands
By Jeri Ferris
Recounts the life of Biddy Mason, a slave who found freedom in California in 1856, who practiced the philosophy of sharing as she nursed the sick, delivered babies, and started many philanthropic p...
Read MoreThomas Jefferson
By Jeri Ferris
A biography that describes the love of books and learning as well as the personal life and political career of the third president of the United States.
Read MoreDemanding justice
By Jeri Ferris
Describes the life of Mary Ann Shadd Cary, nineteenth-century educator, writer, newspaper editor, and civil rights worker who was the first African-American woman to enter law school or to publish...
Read MoreRemember the ladies
By Jeri Ferris
Chronicles the life and achievements of the nation's second First Lady and advocate for women's rights.
Read MoreWhat are you figuring now
By Jeri Ferris
A biography of the Afro-American farmer and self-taught mathematician, astronomer, and surveyor for the new capital city of the United States in 1791, who also calculated a successful almanac notab...
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