In praise of difficult women : life lessons from 29 heroines who dared to break the rules / Karen Karbo ; foreword by Cheryl Strayed ; illustrations by Kimberly Glyder.
Presents information on female rule-breakers, including Josephine Baker, Jane Goodall, Margaret Cho, and Hillary Rodham Clinton.
Karbo presents brief information on iconic female rule-breakers. She shows how these women charted their paths with little regard for social or cultural expectations, living lives that both illuminate and inspire.
Item details
- ISBN: 9781426217746
- ISBN: 1426217749
- Physical Description: 346 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
- Publisher: Washington, D.C. : National Geographic, [2018]
Contents / Notes
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 333-342). |
Formatted Contents Note: | J.K. Rowling -- Elizabeth Taylor -- Gloria Steinem -- Amy Poehler -- Ruth Bader Ginsburg -- Josephine Baker -- Rachel Maddow -- Coco Chanel -- Martha Gellhorn -- Shonda Rhimes -- Eva Perón -- Helen Gurley Brown -- Edie Sedgwick -- Angela Merkel -- Billie Jean King -- Jane Goodall -- Vita Sackville-West -- Elizabeth Warren -- Margaret Cho -- Amelia Earhart -- Frida Kahlo -- Nora Ephron -- Diana Vreeland -- Kay Thompson -- Laverne Cox -- Hillary Rodham Clinton -- Janis Joplin -- Lena Dunham -- Carrie Fisher. |
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Subject: | Women > Biography. Women > Biography. BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Women. SELF-HELP > Motivational & Inspirational. SOCIAL SCIENCE > Women's Studies. Women. Women > Biography. |
Genre: | Biographies. Biographies. Biography. Biographies. |
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