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Author:

Porath, Jason, author.

Title:

Rejected princesses : tales of history's boldest heroines, hellions, and heretics / Jason Porath.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

Dey St.,

Copyright Date:

2016

Description:

xiii, 370 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm.

Subject:

Women--Biography.
Women heroes--Biography.
Role models--Biography.
Women--History--Anecdotes.
Sex role--History--Anecdotes.
Biographies.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 358-369). Additional materials and updated entries available at www.rejectedprincesses.com.

Contents:

Khutulun -- Tatterhood -- Agnodice -- Te Puea Herangi -- Moremi Ajasoro -- Sybil Ludington -- Kurmanjan Datka -- Andamana -- Mary Seacole -- Florence Nightingale -- Gráinne "Grace O'Malley" Ní Mháille -- "Stagecoach" Mary Fields -- Yennenga -- Annie Jump Cannon -- Wilma Rudolph -- Alfhild -- Calafia -- Keumalahayati -- Marie Marvingt -- Iara -- Jane Dieulafoy -- Tin Hinan -- Hatshepsut -- Emmy Noether -- Ka'ahumanu -- Katie Sandwina -- Gracia Mendes Nasi -- Sayyida al-Hurra -- Matilda of Tuscany -- Moll Cutpurse -- Nellie Bly and Elizabeth Bisland -- Trung Trac and Trung Nhi -- Yaa Asantewaa -- Gertrude Bell -- Eustaquia de Souza and Ana Lezama de Urinza -- Mary Bowser -- Pope Joan -- Nwanyeruwa -- Mary Lacy -- Josefina "Joey" Guerrero -- Chiyome Mochizuki -- Nana Asma'u -- Julie "La Maupin" d'Aubigny -- Nanny of the Maroons -- Xtabay -- Tomoe Gozen -- Empress Theodora -- Rani Lakshmibai -- Mariya Oktyabrskaya -- Yael -- Wallada bint al-Mustakfi -- Ada Lovelace -- Laskarina Bouboulina -- Ching Shih -- Christine de Pizan -- Harriet Tubman -- Anne Hutchinson -- Petra "Pedro" Herrera -- A'isha bint abi Bakr -- Olga of Kiev -- Agontime and the Dahomey Amazons -- Mata Hari -- Josephine Baker -- Dhat al-Himma -- Alice Clement -- Shajar al-Durr -- Amba/Sikhandi -- Khawlah bint al-Azwar -- Princess Caraboo -- Anita Garibaldi -- Tomyris -- Emmeline Pankhurst -- Marjana -- Mai Bhago -- Hortense Mancini -- Marie Mancini -- Nzinga Mbande -- Hypatia -- Jezebel -- Qiu Jin -- Yoshiko Kawashima -- Joan of Arc -- Osh-Tisch -- The night witches -- Sita -- Kharboucha -- Marguerite de la Rocque -- Noor Inayat Khan -- Empress Myeongseong -- Micaela Bastidas -- Neerja Bhanot -- Boudica -- Artemisia Gentileschi -- Wu Zetian -- Arawelo -- Caterina Sforza -- Elisabeth Báthory -- Malinche -- Ida B. Wells -- Phoolan Devi.

ISBN:

0062405373
9780062405371

LCCN:

2016024092

Locations:

DFPC353 -- Ackley Public Library (Ackley)

SAPG074 -- Cedar Falls Public Library (Cedar Falls)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

JSPB572 -- Ely Public Library (Ely)

CAPH522 -- Iowa City Public Library (Iowa City)

SDPB094 -- Janesville Public Library (Janesville)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

GOPG641 -- Marshalltown Public Library (Marshalltown)

BVPE851 -- Nevada Public Library (Nevada)

GUPF501 -- Newton Public Library (Newton)

AXPF626 -- Oskaloosa Public Library (Oskaloosa)

GDPF771 -- Urbandale Public Library (Urbandale)

CXPC586 -- Keck Memorial Library (Wapello)