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Author:

Karbo, Karen, author.

Title:

In praise of difficult women : life lessons from 29 heroines who dared to break the rules / Karen Karbo ; illustrations by Kimberly Glyder.

Publisher:

National Geographic;

Copyright Date:

2018

Description:

346 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Subject:

Women--Biography.
Biographies.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 333-342).

Contents:

J.K. Rowling -- Elizabeth Taylor -- Gloria Steinem -- Amy Poehler -- Ruth Bader Ginsburg -- Josephine Baker -- Rachel Maddow -- Coco Chanel -- Martha Gellhorn -- Shonda Rhimes -- Eva Perón -- Helen Gurley Brown -- Edie Sedgwick -- Angela Merkel -- Billie Jean King -- Jane Goodall -- Vita Sackville-West -- Elizabeth Warren -- Margaret Cho -- Amelia Earhart -- Frida Kahlo -- Nora Ephron -- Diana Vreeland -- Kay Thompson -- Laverne Cox -- Hillary Rodham Clinton -- Janis Joplin -- Lena Dunham -- Carrie Fisher.

Summary:

Presents information on female rule-breakers, including Josephine Baker, Jane Goodall, Margaret Cho, and Hillary Rodham Clinton.

ISBN:

1426217749
9781426217746

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1023510631

LCCN:

bl2018012118

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