100 women who made history : remarkable women who shaped our world

Caldwell, S. A.

100 women who made history : remarkable women who shaped our world One hundred women who made history / written by Stella Caldwell [and three others] ; consultant, Philip Parker - 128 pages : illustrations (chiefly color)

Includes index.

Clued-up creatives: Sappho Mira Bai Emily Dickinson Marlene Dietrich Marilyn Monroe Kathryn Bigelow Madhuri Dixit Jennifer Lawrence Josephine Baker Edith Piaf Maria Callas Frida Kahlo Murasaki Shikibu Shin Saimdang Mary Wollstonecraft Jane Austen Maya Angelou Anne Frank Joni Mitchell J. K. Rowling Super scientists: Hypatia Emilie du Chatelet Ada Lovelace Mary Anning Sofia Kovalevskaya Lise Meitner Marie Curie Mary Seacole Florence Nightingale Edith Cavell Agnes Hunt Averil Mansfield Chien-Sung Wu Dian Fossey Francoise Barre-Sinoussi Rosalinda Franklin Inspiring campaigners: Olympe de Gouges Elizabeth Cady Stanton Harriet Tubman Louise Michel Bertha von Suttner Princess Isabel of Brazil Helen Keller Rachel Carson Wangari Maathai Margaret Chan Emmeline Pankhurst Rosa Luxemburg Sophie Scholl Rosa Parks Aung San Suu Kyi Malala Yousafzai Leading ladies: Joan of Arc Hatshepsut Cleopatra Eleanor of Aquitaine Razia Sultana Queen Victoria Catherine the great Wu Zetian Taytu Betul Queen Elizabeth I Sacagawea Maria Quiteria de Jesus Dolores Ibarruri Eleanor Roosevelt Indira Gandhi Margaret Thatcher Angela Merkel Golda Meir Ellen Johnson Sirleaf Graca Machel Shirin Ebadi Benazir Bhutto Intrepid entrepreneurs: Bertha Benz Sarah Breedlove Coco Chanel Indra Nooyi Peggy Guggenheim Oprah Winfrey Carol Bartz Radia Perlman Sheryl Sandberg Martha Lane Fox Juliana Rotich Amazing achievers Althea Gibson Nellie Bly Harriet Quimby Eugenie Mikhailovna Shahovskaya Amelia Earhart Amy Johnson Valentina Tereshkova Gertrude Bell Junko Tabei Wilma Rudolph Nova Peris Srena Williams Tanni Grey-Thompson Jessica Ennis-Hill Marta

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