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Good night stories for rebel girls : 100 tales of extraordinary women / Elena Favilli and Francesca Cavallo.

Favilli, Elena, (author.). Cavallo, Francesca, (author.).

Summary:

"To the rebel girls of the world: dream bigger, aim higher, fight harder, and, when in doubt, remember you are right"--Introduction.

Record details

ISBN: 9780141986005
ISBN: 014198600X
Physical Description: xii, 212 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm.
Publisher: [London] Particular Books, 2017.

Content descriptions

General Note:

Originally published: [Venice, CA] : Timbuktu Labs, Inc., 2016.

Formatted Contents Note:

Ada Lovelace : mathematician; Alek Wek : supermodel ; Alfonsina Strada : cyclist ; Ameenah Gurib-Fakim : president and scientist ; Amelia Earhart : aviator ; Amna al Haddad : weightlifter ; Ann Makosinski : inventor ; Anna Politkovskaya : journalist ; Artemisia Gentileschi : painter ; Ashley Fiolek : motocross racer ; Astrid Lindgren : writer ; Aung San Suu Kyi : politician ; Balkissa Chaibou : activist ; Brenda Chapman : director ; The Brontë Sisters : writers ; Catherine the Great : empress ; Cholita Climbers : mountaineers ; Claudia Ruggerini : partisan ; Cleopatra : pharaoh ; Coco Chanel : fashion designer ; Cora Coralina : poet and baker ; Coy Mathis : elementary school student ; Elizabeth I : queen ; Eufrosina Cruz : activist and politician ; Evita Perón : politician ; Fadumo Dayib : politician ; Florence Nightingale : nurse ; Frida Kahlo : painter ; Grace Hopper : computer scientist ; Grace O'Malley : pirate ; Harriet Tubman : freedom fighter ; Hatshepsut : pharaoh ; Helen Keller : activist ; Hillary Clinton : presidential candidated ; Hypatia : mathematician and philosopher ; Irena Sendlerova : war hero ; Isabel Allende : writer ; Jacquotte Delahaya : pirate ; Jane Austen : writer ; Jane Goodall : primatologist ; Jesica Watson : sailor ; Jill Tarter : astronomer ; Jingū : empress ; Joan Jett : rock star ; Julia Child : chef ; Kate Sheppard : suffragette ; Lakshmi Bai : queen and warrior ; Lella Lombardi : Formula 1 racer ; Lozen : warrior ; Mae C. Jemison : astronaut and doctor ; Malala Yousafzai : activist ; Manal al-Sharif : activist ; Margaret Hamilton : computer scientist ; Margaret Thatcher : prime minister ; Margherita Hack : astrophysicist ; Maria Callas : opera singer ; Maria Montessori : physician and educator ; Maria Reiche : archaeologist ; Maria Sibylla Merian : naturalist ; Marie Curie : scientist ; Mary Anning : Paleontologist ; Mary Edwards Walker : surgeon ; Mary Kom : boxer ; Marilde Montoya : doctor ; Maud Stevens Wagner : tattoo artist ; Maya Angelou : writer ; Maya Gabeira : surfer ; Melba Liston : trombonist ; Michaela dePrince : ballerina ; Michelle Obama : lawyer and first lady ; Millo Castro Zaldarriaga : drummer ; The Mirabal Sisters : activists ; Miriam Makeba : activist and singer ; Misty Copeland : ballerina ; Nancy Wake : spy ; Nanny of the Maroons : queen ; Nellie Bly : reporter ; Nettie Stevens : geneticist ; Nina Simone : singer ; Policarpa Salabarrieta : spy ; Rita Levi Montalcini : scientist ; Rosa Parks : activist ; Ruth Bader Ginsburg : Supreme Court justice ; Ruth Harkness : explorer ; Seondeok of Silla : queen ; Serena and Venus Williams : tennis players ; Simone Biles : gymnast ; Somita Alizadeh : rapper ; Sylvia Earle : marine biologist ; Tamara de Lempicka : painter ; Virginia Woolf : writer ; Wang Zhenyi : astronomer ; Wangari Maathai : activist ; Wilma Rudolph : athlete ; Xian Zhang : athlete ; Yaa Asantewaa : warrior queen ; Yoko Ono : artist ; Yusra Mardini : swimmer ; Zaha Hadid : architect ; Write Your Story ; Draw Your Portrait ; Rebels' Hall of Fame ; Illustrators ; Acknowledgments ; About the Authors.