Short Stories for Seniors

A Warm Large-Print Collection of True Stories About Remarkable Women Who Changed the World

What if the people who shaped history were the ones whose names you were never taught?

In this heartwarming, easy-to-read collection, Janet Taylor brings twenty-five remarkable women back to the pages where they belong. These are true stories of courage, discovery, and quiet determination - stories you'll want to share, stories you'll want to read aloud, stories that will stay with you long after you close the book.

Printed in large, comfortable type and arranged in short chapters perfect for a single afternoon, this book is designed for readers who love substantive history and want to enjoy it without eye strain.

Perfect for seniors, grandmothers, mothers, daughters, lifelong readers, and anyone who believes history is bigger than the handful of names in the textbooks.

A sample of what's inside:

• The Young Chemist: A twenty-three-year-old scientist who cured a disease that had plagued humanity for centuries.
• The Stagecoach Driver: A former slave who became the toughest mail carrier in Montana at sixty-three years old.
• The Late-Blooming Artist: A seventy-eight-year-old farmer's widow who became one of America's most beloved painters.
• The Teenage Hero: A fifteen-year-old girl who refused to give up her bus seat nine months before anyone had heard of Rosa Parks.
• The Forgotten Codebreaker: The quiet genius who smashed the Nazi spy networks in South America - and watched the FBI take the credit.

Open these pages and meet twenty-five extraordinary women whose names deserve to be remembered. The perfect meaningful gift for Mother's Day, birthdays, Christmas, and any occasion.