Catherine Gourley
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Catherine is an award-winning author of adult and children’s books, editor of books and magazines as well as a curriculum advisor. Gourley’s adult books are non-fication and many highlight the history of women’s issues through the the 20th Century. She was a former ”Weekly Reader” editor and has also written three books that are part of the hugely popular American Girl nonfiction series – ”Welcome to Felicity’s World”, ”Welcome to Samantha’s World” and ”Welcome to Molly’s World”. Cathy is the curiculum advisor and national coordinator of ”Letters About Literature”, a national reading and writing promotion sponsored by State Centers for the Book and the Center for the Book in the Library of Congress in partnership with Target. Gourley is also the curriculum advisor for the ”The Story of Movies”. A nationwide educational project created by The Film Foundation. The programs is geared toward middle school students and exposes them to classic cinema and teaches them about the social, historical and cultural significance of film in a read-the-book, watch-the-movie approach to teaching film and visual literacy.
*”The Courtship of Joanna” was nominated for the Carl Sandburg Award through the Chicago Public Library and was a finalist for the Jefferson Cup for excellence in historical fiction. *”Wheels of Time
Beryl Markham : | Flappers and the new American woman : | Gibson girls and suffragists : | Gidgets and women warriors : | Good girl work : | Hunting Neptune’s giants : | Island in the creek : | Media wizards : | Ms. and the material girls : | Rosie and Mrs. America : | Sharks! : | Society’s sisters : | The courtship of Joanna | The horrors of Andersonville : | War, women, and the news : | Welcome to Felicity’s world, 1774 / | Welcome to Molly’s world, 1944 : | Welcome to Samantha’s world, 1904 : | Wheels of time : | Who is Maria Tallchief? /