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Author:

Wilson, Lara,.

Title:

Amazing women : over 100 lives to inspire you / Lara Wilson ; illustrated by Sarah Green.

Edition:

First American edition.

Publisher:

Kane Millera division of EDC Publishing,

Copyright Date:

2018

Description:

93 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm.

Subject:

Women politicians--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Women heads of state--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Women entertainers--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Women adventurers--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Women artists--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Women scientists--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Women--History--Juvenile literature.
Women--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Women executives--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Women athletes--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Biographies.

Other Authors:

Green, Sarah, 1957-, illustrator.

Notes:

First published in Great Britain in 2018 by Stripes Publishing.

Contents:

Inspiration. Beyoncé ; Maya Angelou ; Jessica Ennis-Hill ; Mother Teresa ; Edith Cavell ; Hillary Clinton ; Josephine Baker ; Delia Smith ; Ellen DeGeneres ; Malorie Blackman ; Harper Lee ; Michelle Obama ; Irena Sendler ; Billie HOliday ; Hattie McDaniel ; Nancy Reagan ; Clara Barton ; Julia Child ; Audrey Hepburn ; Margot Fonteyn ; Madonna -- Trailblazer. Zaha Hadid ; Danica Patrick : Hedy Lamarr ; Kathryn Bigelow ; Judy Blume ; Margaret Thatcher ; Katherine Johnson ; Condoleezza Rice ; Christa McAuliffe ; Maria Tallchief ; Rachel Carson ; Benazir Bhutto ; Billie Jean King ; Junko Tabei ; Martha Gellhorn ; Shirin Ebadi -- Campaigner. Temple Grandin ; Rosa Parks ; Tegla Loroupe ; Germaine Greer ; Helen Keller ; Ayn Rand ; Gloria Steinem -- Leader. Queen Elizabeth II ; Melinda Gates ; Eva Perón ; Sheryl Sandberg ; Laura Bush ; Emmeline Pankhurst ; Eleanor Roosevelt ; Angela Merkel ; Estée Lauder ; Indira Gandhi ; Kathleen Kennedy -- Pioneer. Valentina Tereshkova ; Carolyn Porco ; Mary Leakey ; Tu Youyou ; Rosalind Franklin ; Ann Bancroft ; Maria Montessori ; Radia Perlman ;Marie Curie ; Amelia Earhart ; Inge Lehmann ; Jane Cooke Wright ; Zoe Sugg ; Grace Murray Hopper -- Creator. J.K. Rowling ; Frida Kahlo ; Virginia Woolf ; Annie Liebovitz ; Beatrix Potter ; Lena Durham ; Judi Dench ; Georgia O'Keeffe ; Margaret Atwood ; Lady Gaga ; Elisabeth Lutyens ; Sylvia Plath -- Activist. Jaha Dukureh ; Jeanne Manford ; Jane Goodall ; Nawal El Saadawi ; Simone de Beauvoir ; Constance Markievicz ; Wangari Muta Maathai ; Mairead Corrigan Maguire -- Virtuoso. Aretha Franklin ; Nicola Adams ; Oprah Winfrey ; Serena Williams ; Meryl Streep ; Agatha Christie ; Björk ; Coco Chanel ; Florence Griffith Joyner ; Joni Mitchell -- Young motivator. Tavi Gevinson ; Laura Dekker ; Simone Biles ; Anne Frank ; Kiara Nirghin ; Ellie Simmonds ; Malala Yousafzai ; You!.

Summary:

From Amelia Earhart to Malala Yousafzai, discover the achievements of brilliant women from around the world. Featuring inspirational women from all walks of life who became trailblazers, campaigners, pioneers and creators.

ISBN:

1610677919
9781610677912

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1052467850

LCCN:

2017942428

Locations:

WBPB115 -- Albert City Public Library (Albert City)

TCPG826 -- Bettendorf Public Library Information Center (Bettendorf)

YAPC771 -- Bondurant Community Library (Bondurant)

FCPB384 -- Dike Public Library (Dike)

XHPD657 -- Glenwood Public Library (Glenwood)

VPPC384 -- Kling Memorial Library (Grundy Center)

AQPC277 -- Lamoni Public Library (Lamoni)

JMPC081 -- Madrid Public Library (Madrid)

HPPD845 -- Orange City Public Library (Orange City)

TBPD706 -- Wilton Public Library (Wilton)