Women who dared : 52 stories of fearless daredevils, adventurers, & rebels
Title
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Women who dared : 52 stories of fearless daredevils, adventurers, & rebels
Personal Author EPSB
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Linda, Skeers
Summary
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Profiles fifty-two women in history who who have risked their lives for the sake of adventure, including Sophie Blanchard, Mary Anning, Minnie Spotted Wolf, and Alia Muhammad Baker.
Other Title
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Fifty-two stories of fearless daredevils, adventurers, and rebels : women who dared
Year Published
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2017
Physical Description
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112 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Contents
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Daredevils. Anna Olga Albertina Brown -- Annie Edson Taylor -- Bessie Coleman -- Elinor Smith -- Florence Chadwick -- Georgia "Tiny" Broadwick -- Helen Gibson -- Lillian Boyer -- Lillian Leitzel -- Mary Lillian Ellison -- May Emmeline Wirth -- Mildred Burke -- Shirley Muldowney -- Sophie Blanchard -- Valentina Tereshkova -- Adventurers. Ada Blackjack -- Barbara Hillary -- Beatrice Ayettey -- Emma "Grandma" Gatewood -- Dr. Eugenie Clark -- Fanny Bullock Workman -- Ferminia Sarras -- Ida Lewis -- Jeanne Baret -- Joan Bamford Fletcher -- Junko Tabei -- Libby Riddles -- Lillian Riggs -- Margaret Bourke-White -- Mary Anning -- Mina Hubbard -- Rosaly Lopes -- Sylvia Earle -- Ynes Mexia -- Rebels. Alia Muhammad Baker -- Annette Kellerman -- Annie "Londonderry" Cohen Kopchovsky -- Belle Boyd -- Bessie Stringfield -- Ella Hattan -- Irena Sendler -- Johanna July -- Kate Warne -- Keiko Fukuda -- Lyda Conley -- Margaret "Molly" Tobin Brown -- Mary Edwards Walker -- Mary Fields -- Minnie Spotted Wolf -- Rose Fortune -- Susan la Flesche Picotte -- Sybil Ludington.
Subject
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Women daredevils -- Biography.
Women adventurers -- Biography.
Adventure and adventurers -- Biography.
Women heroes -- Biography.
Dissenters -- Biography.
Women -- Biography.
Genre
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Action and adventure fiction.
Added Author
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Gosling, Livi,
Summary
:
Profiles fifty-two women in history who who have risked their lives for the sake of adventure, including Sophie Blanchard, Mary Anning, Minnie Spotted Wolf, and Alia Muhammad Baker.
ISBN
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9781492653271
Publisher
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Naperville, Illinois : Sourcebooks, Inc., [2017]
©2017
| Library | Call Number | Type | Item Barcode | Status |
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| Norwood | 920.72 SKE | Book | 30156000504013 | Non-Fiction |