| Description |
271 pages : color illustrations ; 20 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 256-264) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: Squad goals -- Athlete squads. The Haenyeo ; Shirley and Sharon Firth ; The 1964 Japanese Women's Olympic Volleyball Team ; Madison Keys and Sloane Stephens -- Political & activist squads. Trưng Tr̐ac and Trưng Nhị ; Manon Roland and Sophie Grandchamp ; The Patriotic Women's League of Iran ; Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Sonia Sotomayor, and Elena Kagan -- Warrior squads. The Dahomey Amazons ; Anne Bonny and Mary Read ; The Red Lanterns Shining ; The Red Women of Finland -- Scientist squads. Anandibai Joshi, Sabat Islambooly, and Kei Okami ; The Edinburgh seven ; The women scientists of Antarctica ; The West Area computers -- Artist squads. The Trobairitz ; The Blue Stockings Society ; Salomé Ureña and the Instituto de Señoritas ; The Zohra Orchestra. |
| Summary |
A modern girl is nothing without her squad of besties, but Maggs takes readers on a tour of some of history's most famous female BFFs. You'll meet lady pirates, socialites, Olympic skiers and medical students who showed just how essential female friendship has been throughout history-- and throughout the world. -- adapted from jacket |
| Subject |
Female friendship -- History.
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Women -- History.
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Women -- Biography.
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Female friendship. (OCoLC)fst00922609
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Women. (OCoLC)fst01176568
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| Genre/Form |
Young adult -- nonfiction.
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History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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| Added Author |
Woodall, Jenn, illustrator.
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| ISBN |
1683690729 |
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9781683690726 |
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