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Author:

Williams, Marcia, 1945- illustrator. illustrator.

Title:

Hooray for women! / written and illustrated by Marcia Williams.

Edition:

First U.S. edition.

Publisher:

Candlewick Press,

Copyright Date:

2019

Description:

43 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm

Subject:

Women--Juvenile literature.
Women--History--Juvenile literature.
Women--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.

Notes:

"First published by Walker Books Ltd. (United Kingdom) 2017"-- title page verso. Include index (endpapers). "More than 70 inspirational and amazing women"--Cover.

Summary:

"They're activists and explorers, scientists and writers and more. And they're all women: Cleopatra, Boudicca, Joan of Arc, Elizabeth I, Mary Wollstonecraft, Jane Austen, Florence Nightingale, Marie Curie, Eleanor Roosevelt, Amelia Earhart, Frida Kahlo, Anne Frank, Wangari Maathai, Mae C. Jemison, Cathy Freeman, and Malala Yousafzai, to name just a few. Marcia Williams, through her lively comic-strip style and a clever combination of facts, quotes, and jokes, invites readers to peruse these extraordinary women's stories, learn about their noteworthy achievements, be inspired to greatness . . . and be thoroughly entertained"--Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

1536201111
9781536201116

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1111577540

Locations:

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)