Publication |
London, Particular Books, 2016.
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Description |
212pBlue Spine
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Summary/Abstract |
Reinvents fairy tales, inspiring girls with the stories of 100 heroic women from Elizabeth I to Serena Williams.
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Contents |
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
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Standard Number |
9780141986005 Hb.
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