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The book of gutsy women: favorite stories of courage and resilience
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From the Book - First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
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
Caccinators
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.
From the CD - Unabridged.
Early Inspirations
Education pioneers
Earth defenders
Explorers and inventors
Healers
Athletes
Advocates and activists
Storytellers
Elected leaders
Groundbreakers
Women's rights champions.
From the Large Print - Large Print Edition
EARLY INSPIRATIONS: First inspirations
Harriet Tubman
Anna Pavlova
Isadora Duncan
Maria Tallchief, and Virginia Johnson
Helen Keller
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.
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9781501178412
9781508299226
9781432872076
9781508299226
9781432872076
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