PDF Books in Social Activists Biography
The Story of Opal
by Opal WhiteleyThe Story of Opal written by Opal Whiteley may not be an autobiography but written in a style of a biography. A woman of nature lover, she had been punished often in her childhood for spending her effort and time for caring wildlife. A series of incidents which took place in her life which challenged her very nature of having understanding heart..
The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
by Frederick DouglassThe Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass is an autobiography of Frederick Douglass, who was a slave and went on to write the most influential literature that fueled the abolitionist movement of the 19th century. He did not his date of birth and lost his mother when he was 7 years old. The biography narrates the life of slaves, how they sh..
Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
by Benjamin FranklinAutobiography of Benjamin Franklin is one of the most influential autobiographies ever written, yet an unfinished memoir of Benjamin Franklin published after his death. Franklin written this memoir in 4 parts with authorial breaks, started to write in 1771 to till his death. Part one was addressed to his son William, mentioning about his childho..
The Story of My Life
by Helen KellerThe Story of My Life is an autobiography & written by Helen Keller, an American author whose permanent loss of vision and hearing at the age of two, was not a hurdle for her achievements as a Political activist and lecturer. Helen Keller was born as a normal child and was blessed to be the first daughter of the family. She met her ill-..
My Bondage and My Freedom
by Frederick DouglassMy Bondage and My Freedom is the expansion of Frederick Douglass’s early autobiographic work Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass. It is difficult to believe such orator was once slave during his early life. A statesman, writer and orator and an important figure of abolitionist movement, he was the first African-American to be nomin..
Up from Slavery - An Autobiography
by Booker T. WashingtonUp from Slavery is the autobiography of African-American leader Booker T. Washington, who was born as slave and reached many heights of his career through education, which eventually made him to become the unchallenged leader of African-American community for nearly two and half decades. In this book, Washington narrates his fifty years of life,..
American Boy's Life of Theodore Roosevelt
by Edward StratemeyerAmerican Boy's Life of Theodore Roosevelt is a biographical work of the 26th American president’s childhood life written by the American writer Edward Stratemeyer, remembered for his juveniles’ fiction series The Bobbsey Twins, The Rover Boys, The Hardy Boys, Tom Swift, and Nancy Drew series. In this biography Stratemeyer narrates how a sick chi..
Life of Frances Power Cobbe
by Frances Power CobbeThe story of the beautiful life which came to an end on the 5th of April, 1904, is told by Miss Cobbe herself in the following pages up to the close of 1898. Nothing is left for another pen but to sketch in the events of the few remaining years.But first a word or two as to the origin of the book. One spring day in 1891 or ’92, when Miss Cobbe was ..