ID | 022381 |
Call Number | 920/FAV |
Title Proper | Goodnight stories for rebel girls |
Language | ENG |
Author | Favilli, Elena ; Cavallo, Francesca |
Publication | London, Particular Books, 2016. |
Description | 212p Blue Spine |
Note | Reinvents fairy tales, inspiring girls with the stories of 100 heroic women from Elizabeth I to Serena Williams. |
Note | Ada Lovelace - Mathematician Alek Wek - Supermodel Alfonsina Strada - Cyclist Alicia Alonso - Ballerina Ameenah Gurib-Fakim - President and Scientist Amelia Earhart - Aviator Aman Al Hadad - Weightlifter Ann Makosinski - Inventor Anna Politkovskaya - Journalist Artemisia Gentleeschi - Painter Ashley Fiolek - Motocross Racer Astrid Lindgren - Writer Aung San Suu Kyi - Politician Balkissa Chaibou - Activist Brenda Chapman - Director The Bronte Sisters - Writers Catherine the great - Empress Cholita Climbers - Mountaineers Claudia Ruggerini - Partisan Cleopatra - Pharaoh Coco Chanel - Fashion designer Cora Coralina - Poet and baker Coy Mathis - Elementary school student Elizabeth I - Queen Eufrosina Cruz - Activist and Politician Evita Peron - Politician Fadumo Dayib - Politician Florence Nightingale - Nurse Frida Kahlo - Painter Grace Hooper - Computer Scientist Grace O'Malley - Pirate Harriet Tubman - Freedom Fighter Hatshepsut - Pharaoh Helen Keller - Activist Hillary Clinton - Presidential candidate Hypatia - Mathematician and Philosopher Irena Sendlerowa - War hero Isabel Allende - Writer Jacquotte Delahaye - Pirate Jane Austen - Writer Jane Goodall - Primatologist Jessica Watson - Sailor Jill Tarter - Astronomer Jingu - Empress Joan Jett - Rock star Julia Child - Chef Kate Sheppard - Suffragette Lakshmi Bai - Queen and warrior Lella Lombardi - Formula One racer Lozen - Warrior Mae C. Jemison - Astronaut and doctor Malala Yousafzai - Activist Manal Al-Sharif - Activist Margaret Hamilton - Computer scientist Margaret Thatcher - Prime Minister Margherita Hack - Astrophysicist Mara Callas - Opera Singer Maria Montessori - Physician and Educator Maria Reiche - Archaeologist Maria Sibyla Merian - Naturalist Marie Curie - Scientist Mary Anning - Paleontologist Mary Edwards Walker - Surgeon Mary Kom - Boxer Matilde Montoya - Doctor Maud Stevens Wagner - Tattoo artist Maya Angelou - Writer Maya Gabeira - Surfer Melba Liston - Trombonist Michaela Deprince - Ballerina Michelle Obama - Lawyer and first lady Millo Castro Zaldarriaga - Drummer The Mirabal sisters - Activists Miriam Makeba - Activist and singer Misty Copeland - Ballerina Nancy Wake - Spy Nanny of the Maroons - Queen Nellie Bly - Reporter Nettie Stevens - Genticist Nina Simone - Singer Policarpa Salavarrieta - Spy Rita Levi Montalcini - Scientist Rosa Parks - Activist Ruth Bader Ginsburg - Supreme Court Justice Ruth Harkness - Explorer Seondeok of Silla - Queen Serena and Venus Williams - Tennis players Simone Biles - Gymnast Sonita Alizadeh - Rapper Sylvia Earle - Marine biologist Tamara de Lempicka - Painter Virginia Woolf - Writer Wang Zhenyi - Astronomer Wangari Maathai - Activist Wilma Rudolph - Athlete Xian Zhang - Orchestra conductor Yaa Asantewaa - Warrior Queen Yoko Ono - Artist Yusra Mardini - Swimmer Zaha Hadid - Architect |
Standard Number | 9780141986005 |
Price. Qualification | £17.99(Hb) |
Classification Number | 920 |
Key Words | Women - Biography ; Biography ; Women in literature ; Women television personalities ; Women authors ; Collective biography ; Women writers ; Women social reformers ; Women artists ; Women chemists ; Women engineers ; Women explorers ; Women fashion designers ; Women inventors ; Women politicians ; Women painters ; Women prime ministers ; Women scientists |