The first private American citizen chosen to go on a spaceflight, Christa McAuliffe, lost her life when the Challenger exploded just after liftoff. Describes her special interest in the space program.

A biography of Mother Teresa, a nun working in Calcutta, India, who has dedicated her life to doing what she could to help those who suffered from loneliness or poverty. She received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979.

A biography of the zoologist focusing on her work with chimpanzees at the Gombe Stream Reserve in Tanzania.

A biography of the biologist focusing on her childhood in Pennsylvania, her growing interest as an adult in environmental concerns, and the importance of her book "Silent Spring" in exposing the environmental harm done by pesticides.

Traces the life of John James Audubon from his early childhood in France to his career in America and his eventual success as an artist and naturalist.

Discusses the life and work of the Brazilian rubber tapper whose efforts to secure fair treatment for other tappers and to preserve the Amazon rain forests resulted in his murder in 1988.

A biography of the businesswoman who was born in poverty on a Louisiana plantation, founded her own hair care business, and made more money than any woman, black or white, had ever made before in America.

Examines the career of a champion of women's rights, the second woman to serve on the Supreme Court, and the first Jewish justice in twenty-five years

Follows the life of Diana, Princess of Wales, from her childhood, through her experiences with the royal family and public life, to her death in 1997.

A biography of Elizabeth Blackwell, the first woman to attend medical school and practice medicine in the United States, and also discussing her careers in Paris and London, and the medical colleges she helped establish.