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Kathleen Thompson

Kathleen Thompson

12 September 1946

86 works on record

Biography

Kathleen Thompson is an author and activist, born on September 12, 1946 in Chicago, Illinois. She grew up in Oklahoma City before relocating to Chicago at the age of nineteen. Her first book was Against Rape, a feminist classic co-authored with Andra Medea and published by Farrar, Straus & Giroux in 1974. She then wrote more than a hundred books for children and young adults, mostly nonfiction. She also co-founded The Commons Theatre in Chicago and had eight plays produced there and in New York and other cities. In 1994, she collaborated with psychologist Diane Pinkert Epstein on an expose of the American diet industry, Feeding on Dreams (MacMillanUSA). Her next book was A Shining Thread of Hope: The History of Black Women in America (Broadway Books, 1996), co-authored with pre-eminent black woman historian Darlene Clark Hine. That book was followed by three visual histories with Hilary Mac Austin: The Face of Our Past: Images of Black Women from Colonial America to the Present (Indiana University Press, 1999); Children of the Depression (Indiana University Press, 2000); and America's Children (W. W. Norton, 2001).

Works

Kansas

Kansas

1999

Washington

Washington

1999

California

California

1996

Arizona

Arizona

1996

Ohio

Ohio

1996

Vermont

Vermont

1996

Missouri

Missouri

1996

Texas

Texas

1996

Nevada

Nevada

1996

Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz

Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz

1990

Mississippi

Mississippi

1988

Colorado

Colorado

1988

Nebraska

Nebraska

1988

Wyoming

Wyoming

1988

Michigan

Michigan

1988

Kentucky

Kentucky

1987

Hawaii

Hawaii

1987

My book of Christmas games

My book of Christmas games

1987

My book of Christmas stories

My book of Christmas stories

1987

Rhode Island

Rhode Island

1987

South Dakota

South Dakota

1987

Delaware

Delaware

1987

Oklahoma

Oklahoma

1987

South Carolina

South Carolina

1987

Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico

1986

Florida

Florida

1986

Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania

1986

Tennessee

Tennessee

1986

Maine

Maine

1986

Idaho

Idaho

1986

New Jersey

New Jersey

1986

Indiana

Indiana

1986

Virginia

Virginia

1986

Louisiana

Louisiana

1985

Massachusetts

Massachusetts

1985

Maryland

Maryland

1985

Sacagawea

Sacagawea

Daniel Boone (Biographical Stories)

Daniel Boone (Biographical Stories)

Maria and Mr. Feathers (Modern Curriculum Press Beginning to Read Series)

Maria and Mr. Feathers (Modern Curriculum Press Beginning to Read Series)

Booker T. Washington

Booker T. Washington

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

A Guide to Getting It

A Guide to Getting It

Tg Test Best Terranova E (Test Best on the Terranova (Teacher's Guides))

Tg Test Best Terranova E (Test Best on the Terranova (Teacher's Guides))

1998

Test Best Ctb Rdg LVL C (Test Best on Ctb)

Test Best Ctb Rdg LVL C (Test Best on Ctb)

1998

Test Best Ctb Rdg LVL B

Test Best Ctb Rdg LVL B

1998

Test Best Terranova B (Test Best on Terra Nova)

Test Best Terranova B (Test Best on Terra Nova)

1998

Test Best Ctb Rdg LVL F

Test Best Ctb Rdg LVL F

1998

AK Test Best Ctb Rdg LVL G

AK Test Best Ctb Rdg LVL G

1998

Aqui Hubo Gigantes Big Book

Aqui Hubo Gigantes Big Book

1997

Sor Juana Ines de La Cruz

Sor Juana Ines de La Cruz

1996

Diego Rivera

1995

North Dakota

1991

Gulliver's travels

Gulliver's travels

1989

Montana -Lib Rem

Montana -Lib Rem

1988

Nebraska -Lib Rem

Nebraska -Lib Rem

1988

Alabama -Lib Rem

Alabama -Lib Rem

1988

Alaska

1988

Kansas -Lib Rem

Kansas -Lib Rem

1988

Wyoming -Lib Rem

Wyoming -Lib Rem

1988

Michigan -Lib Rem

Michigan -Lib Rem

1988

Colorado -Lib Rem

Colorado -Lib Rem

1988

Territories

1988

Washington -Lib Rem

Washington -Lib Rem

1987

Portrait of America New Jersey

Portrait of America New Jersey

1986

They tell me that I shouldn't stare

They tell me that I shouldn't stare

Super BB

Portrait of America California

Portrait of America California

Feeding on Dreams

Feeding on Dreams

Against Rape

Paul Revere

Paul Revere (Clippers)

Paul Revere (Clippers)

Christopher Columbus

Christopher Columbus

Raintree Hispanic Stories

Raintree Hispanic Stories

Annie Oakley (Clippers Raintree Stories)

Annie Oakley (Clippers Raintree Stories)

Casey Jones

Jose Marti (Hispanic Stories)

Jose Marti (Hispanic Stories)

Maria and Mr. Feathers

Maria and Mr. Feathers

Ivanhoe

A History of Multicultural America Mixed Prepak

A History of Multicultural America Mixed Prepak

Booker T. Washington (Clippers)

Booker T. Washington (Clippers)

Daniel Boone (Clippers Raintree Stories)

Daniel Boone (Clippers Raintree Stories)

Kit Carson

Molly Pitcher (Raintree Stories)

Molly Pitcher (Raintree Stories)

A Shining Thread of Hope

A Shining Thread of Hope

Pocahontas

Sequoyah

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