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Caldwell, S. A. (Stella A.)
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Women -- Juvenile literature.
Women -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Women scientists -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Women artists -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Women heads of state -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Women politicians -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Women adventurers -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
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Caldwell, S. A. (Stella A.)
Women -- Juvenile literature.
Women -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Women scientists -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Women artists -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Women heads of state -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Women politicians -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Women adventurers -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
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100 women who made history : remarkable women who shaped our world / written by Stella Caldwell, Clare Hibbert, Andrea Mills, and Rona Skene ; consultant, Philip Parker.
by
Caldwell, S. A. (Stella A.)
DK Publishing, c2017.
Call #:
920
.72
C147o
Subjects
Women -- Juvenile literature.
Women -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Women scientists -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Women artists -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Women heads of state -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Women politicians -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Women adventurers -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
ISBN:
9781465456885
1465456880
Alternate title:
One hundred women who made history
Edition:
First American edition.
Description:
128 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm.
Notes:
Includes index.
Contents:
CLUED-UP CREATIVES: Sappho -- Mira Bai -- Emily Dickinson -- SCREEN STARS: Marlene Dietrich ; Marilyn Monroe ; Kathryn Bigelow -- Madhuri Dixit ; Jennifer Lawrence -- Josephine Baker -- Edith Piaf -- Maria Callas -- Frida Kahlo -- WOMEN WRITERS: Murasaki Shikibu ; Shin Saimdang ; Mary Wollstonecraft ; Jane Austen ; Maya Angelou -- Anne Frank -- Joni Mitchell -- J. K. Rowling -- SUPER SCIENTISTS: Hypatia -- ©milie du Ch©Øtelet -- Ada Lovelace -- Mary Anning -- Sofia Kovalevskaya -- Lise Meitner -- Marie Curie -- HEALTHCARE HEROES: Mary Seacole ; Florence Nightingale ; Edith Cavell ; Agnes Hunt ; Averil Mansfield -- Chien-Shung Wu -- Dian Fossey -- Fran©ʹoise Barr©♭-Sinoussi -- Rosalind Franklin -- INSPIRING CAMPAIGNERS: Olympe de Gouges -- Elizabeth Cady Stanton -- Harriet Tubman -- Louise Michel -- Bertha von Suttner -- LANDMARK MOMENTS: Princess Isabel of Brazil ; Helen Keller ; Rachel Carson ; Wangari Maathai ; Margaret Chan -- Emmeline Pankhurst -- Rosa Luxemburg -- Sophie Scholl -- Rosa Parks -- Aung San Suu Kyi -- Malala Yousafzai -- LEADING LADIES -- Joan of Arc -- COOL QUEENS: Hatshepsut ; Cleopatra ; Eleanor of Aquitaine ; Razia Sultana ; Queen Victoria -- Catherine the Great -- Wu Zeitan -- Taytu Betul -- Queen Elizabeth I -- Sacagawea -- Maria Quit©♭ria de Jesus -- Dolores Ib©Łrruri -- Eleanor Roosevelt -- Indira Gandhi -- Margaret Thatcher -- Angela Merkel -- POLITICAL PIONEERS: Golda Meir ; Ellen Johnson Sirleaf ; Gra©ʹa Machel -- Shirin Ebadi -- Benazir Bhutto -- INTREPID ENTREPRENEURS: Bertha Benz -- Sarah Breedlove -- Coco Chanel -- Indra Nooyi -- Peggy Guggenheim -- Oprah Winfrey -- INTERNET IMPACT: Carol Bartz ; Radia Perlman ; Sheryl Sandberg ; Martha Lane Fox ; Juliana Rotich -- AMAZING ACHIEVERS: Althea Gibson -- Nellie Bly -- HIGH FLIERS: Harriet Quimby ; Eugenie Mikhailovna Shakhovskaya ; Amelia Earhart ; Amy Johnson ; Valentina Tereshkova -- Gertrude Bell -- Junko Tabei -- Wilma Rudolph -- Nova Peris -- Serena Williams -- Tanni Grey-Thompson -- Jessica Ennis-Hill -- Marta -- Let's applaud... -- Glossary -- Index -- Acknowledgements
Summary:
If you thought that it was a man's world, think again! 100 Women Who Made History is the exciting story of the women who changed the world, from Anne Frank to J.K. Rowling. Meet the most talented and famous women in history, from politics, science, business, and the arts, from exciting entrepreneurs to clever creative. Discover landmark moments in the lives of amazing historical women from Joan of Arc to Marie Curie, up to and including modern game-changers such as Maya Angelou, Angela Merkel, Serena Williams, and Malala Yousafzai. With beautiful photography and fun illustrations, 100 Women Who Made History is a fascinating look at the pioneering and inspiring women in history, from ancient Greece to the present day. 100 Women Who Made History is the perfect book of history for kids aged 9 and up as they discover women who left their mark.
Genre:
Biography, Juvenile.
Other authors:
Hibbert, Clare, 1970-
Mills, Andrea.
Skene, Rona.
Parker, Philip, 1965-
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