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Author:

Favilli, Elena, author.

Title:

Good night stories for rebel girls : 100 immigrant women who changed the world / Elena Favilli.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

Rebel Girls / Timbuktu LabsInc.,

Copyright Date:

2020

Description:

xiii, 210 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm

Subject:

Women immigrants--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Women--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.

Contents:

Zainab Salbi. Alice Guy-Blaché -- Angelica Rozeanu -- Anita Sarkeesian -- Anna Wintour -- Anne Hidalgo -- Anne Wafula Strike -- Annika Sörenstam -- Arianna Huffington -- Asma Khan -- Bana Alabed -- Carmen Herrera -- Carmen Miranda -- Carolina Guerrero -- Chinwe Esimai -- Clara Juliana Guerrero Londoño -- Clara Lemlich Shavelson -- Claudia Rankine -- Daniela Schiller -- Daniela Soto-Innes -- Daphne Killer -- Diane von Fürstenberg -- Doreen Simmons -- Edmonia Lewis -- Eileen Gray -- Elena Poniatowska -- Elisa Rojas -- Elisabeth Kübler-Ross -- Elizabeth Nyamayaro -- Emilie Snethlage -- Emmy Noether -- Fatma Ipek Alci -- Frieda Belinfante -- Geraldine Cox -- Geraldine Heaney -- Gerda Taro -- Gloria Estefan -- Golda Meir -- Hannah Arendt -- Hazel Scott -- Ilhan Omar -- Indra Devi -- Jawahir Jewels Roble -- Josephine Baker -- Judy Cassab -- Julieta Lanteri -- Karen Corr -- Karen Horney -- Karin Schmidt -- Keiko Fukuda -- Laskarina "Bouboulina" Pinotsis -- Lina Bo Bardi -- Lisa Sthalekar -- Liz Claiborne -- Lorella Praeli -- Lupe Gonzalo -- Lupita Amondi Nyong'o -- Madeleine Albright -- Malika Oufkir -- Marcela Contreras -- Maria Goeppert Mayer -- Marjane Satrapi -- Marta Empinotti -- Merlene Joyce Ottey -- Min Jin Lee -- Min Mehta -- Muzoon Almellehan -- Nadine Burke Harris -- Nami and Ren Hayakawa -- Niki Yang -- Noor Inayat Khan -- Olga Korbut -- Paula Newby-Fraser -- Pearl Tran and Thu Getka -- Pnina Tamano-Shata -- Rapelang Rabana -- Reyna Duong -- Rihanna -- Roja Maya Limbu and Sujana Rana -- Rosalie Abella -- Rose Fortune -- Roseli Ocampo-Friedmann -- Samantha Power -- Sandra Cauffman -- Sara Mazrouei -- Sara McLagan -- Sau Lan Wu -- Surya Bonaly -- Susan Francia -- Susan Polgar -- Tereza Lee -- Timnit Gebru -- Turia Pitt -- Velma Scantlebury -- Xiye Bastida Patrick -- Yoky Matuoka -- Yoshiko Chuma -- Young Jean Lee -- Yuan Yuan Tan -- Zainab Salbi.

Summary:

"Contains one hundred biographies of immigrant women who left their birth countries for a multitude of reasons: some for new opportunities, some out of neccessity. Readers will learn about Madeleine Albright, Asma Khan, Carmen Miranda, Rihanna, and many more. From chefs and surgeons, to musicians and politicians, to champions of judo and chess, these extraordinary figures will inspired girls everywhere to follow their dreams, no matter where they lead."--Back cover

Series:

Good night stories for rebel girls ; #3

ISBN:

1733329293
9781733329293

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1198920566

Locations:

GBPF771 -- Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library (Ankeny)

TCPG826 -- Bettendorf Public Library Information Center (Bettendorf)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

YXPB162 -- Clarence Public Library (Edna Zybell Memorial Library) (Clarence)

CBPF522 -- Coralville Public Library (Coralville)

XXPH787 -- Council Bluffs Public Library (Council Bluffs)

TDPH826 -- Davenport Public Library (Davenport)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

TFPI826 -- Scott County Library System (Eldridge)

CAPH522 -- Iowa City Public Library (Iowa City)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

WAPD715 -- Sheldon Public Library (Sheldon)

GDPF771 -- Urbandale Public Library (Urbandale)

SFPH074 -- Waterloo Public Library (Waterloo)

GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)

CZPD706 -- West Liberty Public Library (West Liberty)