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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 ; foreword by Cheryl Strayed ; illustrations by Kimberly Glyder.

Publication Info. Washington, D.C. : National Geographic, [2018]

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Location Call No. Status
 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Non Fiction  920.72 KARBO    Check Shelf
 Canton Public Library - Adult Department  920 KARBO    Check Shelf
 Cromwell-Belden Public Library - Adult Department  920.72 KAR    Check Shelf
 Enfield, Main Library - Adult Department  920.72 KAR    Check Shelf
 Farmington, Main Library - Adult Department  920.72 KAR    Check Shelf
 Middletown, Russell Library - Adult Nonfiction  920.72 KAR    DUE 05-11-24
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  920.72 KAR    Check Shelf
 Plainville Public Library - Non Fiction  920.72 KAR    Check Shelf
 Simsbury Public Library - Non Fiction  920.72 KARBO    Check Shelf
 Wethersfield Public Library - Non Fiction  920.72 KARBO    Check Shelf

Description 346 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 333-342).
Summary Presents information on female rule-breakers, including Josephine Baker, Jane Goodall, Margaret Cho, and Hillary Rodham Clinton.
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.
Subject Women -- Biography.
Women. (OCoLC)fst01176568
Women -- Biography.
Genre/Form Biographies.
Biographies. (OCoLC)fst01919896
Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686
Added Author Strayed, Cheryl, 1968- writer of foreword.
Glyder, Kimberly, illustrator.
ISBN 9781426217746
1426217749
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