| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
xi, 189 pages : color illustrations ; 18 cm |
| Summary |
"This inspiring ... collection honors one hundred exceptional women throughout history and around the world"--Back cover. |
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"In this luminous volume, New York Times bestselling writer Julia Pierpont and artist Manjit Thapp match short, vibrant, and surprising biographies with stunning full-color portraits of secular female "saints" : champions of strength and progress. These women broke ground, broke ceilings, and broke molds--including: Maya Angelou - Jane Austen - Ruby Bridges - Rachel Carson - Shirley Chisholm - Marie Curie & Irene Joliot Curie - Isadora Duncan - Amelia Earhart - Artemisia Gentileschi - Grace Hopper - Dolores Huerta - Frida Kahlo - Billie Jean King - Audre Lorde - Wilma Mankiller - Toni Morrison - Michelle Obama - Sandra Day O'Connor - Sally Ride - Eleanor Roosevelt - Margaret Sanger - Sappho - Nina Simone - Gloria Steinem - Kanno Sugako - Harriet Tubman - Mae West - Virginia Woolf - Malala Yousafzai." --Amazon. |
| Subject |
Women -- Biography.
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Women -- Portraits.
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| Added Author |
Thapp, Manjit, illustrator.
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| Added Title |
Feminist saints |
| ISBN |
9780399592744 (hardcover) |
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0399592741 (hardcover) |
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