Collects the stories of fifty-five extraordinary heroes and ideal role models for girls, including Abraham Lincoln, Marie Curie, Rosa Parks, Helen Keller, Anne Frank, Theodore Roosevelt, and the passengers of United Flight 93.

Marie Curie -- Mallory Holtman and Liz Wallace -- Joan Ganz Cooney -- Audrey Hepburn -- Helen Keller -- Chrisotpher Reeve -- Carol Burnett -- Amelia Earhart -- Alex Scott -- Abigail Adams -- Anne Frank -- Dorothy Day -- Judy Blume -- Sacajawea -- Theodore Roosevelt -- Julia Child -- Golda Meir -- Stevie Wonder -- Nancy G. Brinker -- Clara Barton -- Sheila Spicer -- Winston Churchill -- Lisa Simpson -- Eleanor Roosevelt -- Tina Turner -- The Three Stooges -- Wangari Maathai -- Agatha Christie -- Leonardo da Vinci -- Dolly Parton -- Sojourner Truth -- Branch Rickey -- Lucille Ball -- Elizabeth Blackburn -- Ella Fitzgerald -- Mahatma Gandhi -- Mary Shelley -- Rochelle Shoretz -- Tank Man -- Billie Jean King -- The heroes of United Flight 93 -- Temple Grandin -- Rosa Parks -- Jane Goodall -- The Dalai Lama -- Abraham Lincoln -- Thurgood Marshall -- Dorothea Lange -- Hannah Senesh -- Randy Pausch -- Sally Ride -- Benjamin Franklin -- Wilma Rudolph -- Dotty Rubin -- Teri Meltzer -- Cori Flam Meltzer -- Who is your hero?