The book of gutsy women
Record details
- ISBN: 9781501178436
- ISBN: 1501178431
- ISBN: 9781501178412
- ISBN: 1501178415
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Physical Description:
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1 online resource : illustrations (some color). - Edition: First Simon and Schuster hardcover edition.
- Publisher: New York : Simon & Schuster, 2019.
Content descriptions
General Note: | Includes index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | EARLY INSPIRATIONS. First inspirations ; Harriet Tubman ; Anna Pavlova ; Isadora Duncan ; Margaret Chase Smith ; Margaret Bourke-White ; Maria von Trapp ; Anne Frank ; Rigoberta Menchú Tum ; Jackie Joyner-Kersee and Florence Griffith Joyner ("Flo-Jo") -- EDUCATION PIONEERS. Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz ; Margaret Bancroft ; Juliette Gordon Low ; Maria Montessori and Joan Ganz Cooney ; Mary McLeod Bethune ; Esther Martinez ; Daisy Bates ; Patsy Mink, Bernice Sandler, and Edith Green ; Ruby Bridges Hall ; Malala Yousafzai -- EARTH DEFENDERS. Marjory Stoneman Douglas ; Rachel Carson ; Jane Jacobs and Peggy Shepard ; Jane Goodall and "The Trimates" ; Wangari Maathai ; Alice Min Soo Chun ; Greta Thunberg -- EXPLORERS AND INVENTORS. Caroline Herschel and Vera Rubin ; Ada Lovelace and Grace Hopper ; Margaret Knight and Madam C.J. Walker ; Marie Curie and Irène Jolior-Curie ; Hedy Lamarr ; Sylvia Earle ; Sally Ride ; Mae Jemison -- HEALERS. Florence Nightingale ; Clara Barton ; Elizabeth Blackwell, Rebecca Lee Crumpler, and Mary Edwards Walker ; Betty Ford ; Mathilde Krim ; Dr. Gao Yaojie ; Dr. Hawa Abdi ; Flossie Wong-Staal ; Molly Melching ; Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha ; Vaccinators -- ATHLETES. Alice Coachman and Wilma Rudolph ; Junko Tabei ; Billie Jean King ; Diana Nyad ; Abby Wambach ; Michelle Kwan ; Venus and Serena Williams ; Ibtihaj Muhammad ; Tatyana McFadden ; Caster Semenya ; Aly Raisman -- ADVOCATES AND ACTIVISTS. Dorothy Height and Sojourner Truth ; Ida B. Wells ; Eleanor Roosevelt ; Elizabeth Peratrovich ; Rosa Parks and Claudette Colvin ; Coretta Scott King ; Dolores Huerta ; The Peacemakers ; Victoria Mxenge ; Ai-jen Poo ; Sarah Brady, Gabby Giffords, Nelba Màrquez-Greene, Shannon Watts, and Lucy McBath ; Nza-Ari Khepra, Emma Gonzàlez, Naomi Wadler, Edna Chavez, Jazmine Wildcat, and Julia Spoor ; Becca Heller -- STORYTELLERS. Maya Angelou ; Mary Beard ; Jineth Bedoya Lima ; Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie ; America Ferrera ; Ali Stoker ; Amani Al-Khatahtbeh -- ELECTED LEADERS. Bella Abzug ; Shirley Chisholm ; Ann Richards ; Geraldine Ferraro ; Barbara Jordan ; Barbara Mikulski ; Ellen Johnson Sirleaf ; Wilma Mankiller ; Michelle Bachelet ; Danica Roem -- GROUNDBREAKERS. Frances Perkins ; Katharine Graham ; Constance Baker Motley ; Edie Windsor ; Ela Bhatt ; Temple Grandin ; Ellen DeGeneres ; Maya Lin ; Sally Yates ; Kimberly Bryant and Reshma Saujani -- WOMEN'S RIGHTS CHAMPIONS. Rosa May Billinghurst ; The Suffragists ; Sophia Duleep Singh ; Fraidy Reiss ; Manal al Sharif ; Nadia Murad. |
Source of Description Note: | Print version record. |
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Subject: | Women -- Biography Women -- History Courage Resilience (Personality trait) |
Genre: | Biographies. Electronic books. |
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Hillary Rodham Clinton is the first woman in US history to become the presidential nominee of a major political party. She served as the 67th Secretary of State after nearly four decades in public service advocating on behalf of children and families as an attorney, First Lady, and US Senator. She is a wife, mother, grandmother, and author of seven previous books, all published by Simon & Schuster.
Chelsea Clinton is a champion for girls and women through her advocacy, writing, and work at the Clinton Foundation. She is also an adjunct assistant professor at Columbia Universityâs Mailman School of Public Health. She lives in New York City with her husband, their children, and their dog.