| Edition |
First American edition. |
| Description |
291 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm |
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| Note |
"Originally published in French by Gallimard in 2016 as Culottées: des femmes qui ne font que ce qu'elles veulent, tome I and in 2017 as Culottées: des femmes qui ne font que ce qu'elles veulent, tome II." |
| Contents |
Clémentine Delait, bearded lady -- Nzinga, queen of Ndongo and Matamba -- Margaret Hamilton, terrifying actress -- Las Mariposas, rebel sisters -- Josephina van Gorkum, obstinate lover -- Lozen, warrior and shaman -- Annette Kellerman, mermaid -- Delia Akeley, explorer -- Josephine Baker, dancer, French resistance fighter, matriarch -- Tove Jansson, painter, creator of trolls -- Agnodice, gynecologist -- Leymah Gbowee, social worker -- Giorgina Reid, lighthouse keeper -- Christine Jorgensen, reluctant celebrity -- Wu Zetian, empress -- Temple Grandin, animal whisperer -- Sonita Alizadeh, rapper -- Cheryl Bridges, athlete -- Thérése Clerc, utopian realist -- Betty Davis, singer-songwriter -- Nellie Bly, journalist -- The Shaggs, rock stars -- Katia Kraffit, volcanologist -- Jesselyn Radack, lawyer -- Hedy Lamarr, actress and inventor -- Naziq al-Abid, activist aristocrat -- Frances Glessner Lee, crime miniaturist -- Mae Jemison, astronaut -- Peggy Guggenheim, lover of modern art. |
| Indexed In: |
Junior Library Guild |
| Summary |
These profiles of twenty-nine formidable females throughout history---some world famous, some little known---are sure to inspire the next generation of rebel ladies. |
| Audience |
Ages 14 & up. |
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Grades 9 & up. |
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GN770L Lexile. |
| Language |
Translated from French to English. |
| Awards |
A Junior Library Guild selection (JLG) |
| Subject |
Dissenters -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
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Women -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
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Dissenters -- Biography.
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Women -- Biography.
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Dissenters -- Biography.
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Women -- Biography.
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| Genre/Form |
Graphic novels.
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Graphic novels.
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Graphic novels.
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| ISBN |
9781626728684 (library bound) : 17.30 |
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