Rad women worldwide : artists and athletes, pirates and punks, and other revolutionaries who shaped history / written by Kate Schatz ; illustrated by Miriam Klein Stahl.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextPublisher: Berkeley : Ten Speed Press, 2016Edition: First editionDescription: 104 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780399578861 (hardback)
  • 0399578862 (hardback)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • YA CT 3202 .S26 2016
Contents:
Enheduanna, Mesopotamia -- Malala Yousafzai, Pakistan -- Kalpana Chawla, India -- Aung San Suu Kyi, Burma -- Qui Jin, China -- Junko Tabei, Japan -- Fe Del Mundo, Philippines -- Dame Katerina Te Heikoko Mataira, New Zealand -- Faith Bandler, Australia -- Liv Arnesen and Ann Bancroft, Norway & U.S.A. -- Miriam Makeba, South Africa -- Wangari Maathai, Kenya -- Kasha Jacqueline Nagabasera, Uganda -- Funmilayo Ransome Kuti, Nigeria -- Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Nigeria -- Hatshepsut, Egypt -- Madres de la Plaza de Mayo, Argentina -- Marta, Brazil -- Quintreman sisters, Chile -- Policarpa "La Pola" Salavarrieta, Colombia -- Bastardilla, Colombia -- Nanny of the Maroons, Jamaica -- Sor Juana In�es de la Cruz, Mexico -- Frida Kahlo, Mexico -- Queen Lili-uokalani, Hawaii -- Venus and Serena Williams, U.S.A. -- Birute Mary Galdikis, Canada -- Buffy Sainte-Marie, Canada -- Eniac programmers, U.S.A. -- Guerrilla girls, U.S.A. -- Grace "Granuaile" O'Malley, Ireland -- Princess Sophia Duleep Singh, England -- Poly Styrene, England -- Sophie Scholl, Germany -- Marie Curie and Ir�ene Joliot-Curie, France -- Josephine Baker, France -- Maria Montessori, Italy -- Hypatia, Egypt -- Emma Goldman, Russia -- The stateless.
Summary: "From the authors of the New York Times bestselling book Rad American Women A-Z, comes a bold new collection of 40 biographical profiles, each accompanied by a striking illustrated portrait, showcasing extraordinary women from around the world. In Rad Women Worldwide, writer Kate Schatz and artist Miriam Klein Stahl tell fresh, engaging, and inspiring tales of perseverance and radical success by pairing well researched and riveting biographies with powerful and expressive cut-paper portraits. Featuring an array of diverse figures from Hatshepsut (the great female king who ruled Egypt peacefully for two decades) and Malala Yousafzi (the youngest person to win the Nobel Peace Prize) to Poly Styrene (legendary teenage punk and lead singer of X-Ray Spex) and Liv Arnesen and Ann Bancroft (polar explorers and the first women to cross Antarctica), this progressive and visually arresting book is a compelling addition to women's history"-- Provided by publisher.
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"From the authors of the New York Times bestselling book Rad American Women A-Z, comes a bold new collection of 40 biographical profiles, each accompanied by a striking illustrated portrait, showcasing extraordinary women from around the world. In Rad Women Worldwide, writer Kate Schatz and artist Miriam Klein Stahl tell fresh, engaging, and inspiring tales of perseverance and radical success by pairing well researched and riveting biographies with powerful and expressive cut-paper portraits. Featuring an array of diverse figures from Hatshepsut (the great female king who ruled Egypt peacefully for two decades) and Malala Yousafzi (the youngest person to win the Nobel Peace Prize) to Poly Styrene (legendary teenage punk and lead singer of X-Ray Spex) and Liv Arnesen and Ann Bancroft (polar explorers and the first women to cross Antarctica), this progressive and visually arresting book is a compelling addition to women's history"-- Provided by publisher.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Enheduanna, Mesopotamia -- Malala Yousafzai, Pakistan -- Kalpana Chawla, India -- Aung San Suu Kyi, Burma -- Qui Jin, China -- Junko Tabei, Japan -- Fe Del Mundo, Philippines -- Dame Katerina Te Heikoko Mataira, New Zealand -- Faith Bandler, Australia -- Liv Arnesen and Ann Bancroft, Norway & U.S.A. -- Miriam Makeba, South Africa -- Wangari Maathai, Kenya -- Kasha Jacqueline Nagabasera, Uganda -- Funmilayo Ransome Kuti, Nigeria -- Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Nigeria -- Hatshepsut, Egypt -- Madres de la Plaza de Mayo, Argentina -- Marta, Brazil -- Quintreman sisters, Chile -- Policarpa "La Pola" Salavarrieta, Colombia -- Bastardilla, Colombia -- Nanny of the Maroons, Jamaica -- Sor Juana In�es de la Cruz, Mexico -- Frida Kahlo, Mexico -- Queen Lili-uokalani, Hawaii -- Venus and Serena Williams, U.S.A. -- Birute Mary Galdikis, Canada -- Buffy Sainte-Marie, Canada -- Eniac programmers, U.S.A. -- Guerrilla girls, U.S.A. -- Grace "Granuaile" O'Malley, Ireland -- Princess Sophia Duleep Singh, England -- Poly Styrene, England -- Sophie Scholl, Germany -- Marie Curie and Ir�ene Joliot-Curie, France -- Josephine Baker, France -- Maria Montessori, Italy -- Hypatia, Egypt -- Emma Goldman, Russia -- The stateless.

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