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Little dreamers : visionary women around the world / Vashti Harrison.

by Harrison, Vashti.

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Little, Brown and Company, c2018.

305.40922 H322LL

Women -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.

Women artists -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.

Women scientists -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.

Alternate title:

Visionary women around the world

89 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 82-84).

Fatima al-Fihri -- Wang Zhenyi -- Ada Lovelace -- Marie Curie -- Edith Head -- Peggy Guggenheim -- Grace Hopper -- Frida Kahlo -- Gyo Fujikawa -- Katherine Dunham -- Mary Blair -- Chien-Shiung Wu -- Bessie Blount Griffin -- Hedy Lamarr -- Claudia Jones -- Sister Rosetta Tharpe -- Asima Chatterjee -- Maya Deren -- Amalia Herna�ndez -- Violeta Para -- Sister Corita Kent -- Esther Afua Ocloo -- Monir Shahroudy -- Farmanfarmaian -- Mahasweta Devi -- Vera Rubin -- Yayoi Kusama -- Toni Morrison -- Esther Mahlangu -- Thancoupie Gloria Fletcher -- Eiko Ishioka -- Wangari Maathai -- Calypso Rose -- Flossie Wong-Stahl -- Zaha Hadid -- Maya Lin -- More little dreamers.

Brief, illustrated bios of women creators around the world.

Featuring the true stories of women creators and thinkers from around the world, throughout history, this book shows that sometimes seeing things a little differently can lead to big changes. Some names are well known, some are not, but all the women had a lasting effect on the fields they workd in. Whether they were breaking ground for innovative structures or breaking rules and creating new ones, the women profiled here not only made a place for themselves in the world but made the world a better place to live.

Biography, Juvenile.

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