Title:
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.
Author:
Karbo, Karen, author.
Strayed, Cheryl, 1968- writer of foreword.
Glyder, Kimberly, illustrator.
Publication Information:
Washington, D.C. : National Geographic, [2018]
Call Number:
CT3203 .K37 2018
Abstract:
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.
ISBN:
9781426217746
Physical Description:
346 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
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Contents:
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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