Making your mark / Maria Montessori -- Reaching for the stars / Sally Ride; Jerrie Vobb -- Performing with passion / Clara Schumann -- Standing up (or staying put) for what you know is right / Rosa Parks -- Finding comfort in your talent / Frida Kahlo -- Sticking with it / Dame Margot Fonteyn -- Expressing yourself / Natalia Makarova -- Setting a style all your own / Coco Chanel -- Finding a solution / Bette Nesmith Graham -- Improving the world / Margaret Knight -- Taking matters into your own hands / Sybil Ludington -- Giving all you've got / Maggie Lena Walker -- Speaking out against wrongs / Dorothea Lynde Dix -- Going to extraordinary measures / Deborah Sampson -- Paving your own way / Miranda Stuart -- Stealing the show / Sarah Bernhardt -- Making a difference / Bernadette Devlin McAliskey -- Planting the seeds of tomorrow / Wangari Maathai -- Telling it how it is / Murasaki Shikibu -- Exercising all your potential / Babe Didrikson Zaharias -- Fighting for fairness / Angelina Grimke; Sarah Moore Grimke -- Discovering the important things in life / Rosalind Franklin -- Making a name for yourself / Rosa Bonheur -- Proving yourself to the world / Billy Jean King -- Standing your ground / queen Boudica -- Leading the way together / Tung Nhi; Trung Ttrac -- Making the world a better place / Rachel Carson -- Singing your own praises / Marian Anderson -- Thinking beyond today / Lady lLovelace; ada Augusta Byron -- Taking charge / Hatchepsut -- Climbing to new heights / Junko Tabei -- Your notes - Acknowledgments.
Summary:
Murasaki Shikibu, who wrote the world's first novel. Ada Augusta Byron, who became the world's first computer programmer way back in 1843. Miranda Stuart, who disguised herself as a man for her entire life to become England's first female doctor. Angelina and Sarah Moore Grimke, two sisters who were among the first women to publicly speak out against slavery and to fight for women's rights in America. These are just a few of the remarkable women you'll read about in Girls Who Grew Up Great. It's full of the short biographies of girls who, as they grew up, dared to dream, conquered challenges, and made a better world for us all. Plus, hear from incredible women who have some words of wisdom to share with you -- like Susan B. Anthony, Helen Keller, Marie Curie, Anne Frank, Sheryl Swoopes, Amelia Earhart, and so many more! So go ahead, open up this book to find some amazing stories, lots of inspiration, and the paths that have been paved so that you, too, can grow up great!
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