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The Book of Awesome Women: Boundary Breakers, Freedom Fighters, Sheroes and Female Firsts (Teenage Girl Gift Ages 13-17)
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About The Book Of Awesome Women: Boundary
About the Author Becca Anderson is a writer, gardener and teacher living in the San Francisco Bay Area. Originally from Ohio, Becca's background in sustainability and landscaping inspired her to become a part of the seed-saving and seed-sharing community with chapters across the US and Canada. Becca Anderson credits her first grade teacher as a great inspiration and runs several popular classes and workshops including "How to Put Your Passion on Paper." Ntozake Shange, poet, novelist, playwright, and performer, wrote the Broadway-produced and Obie Award-winning For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/When the Rainbow Is Enuf. She has also written numerous works of fiction, including Sassafras, Cypress and Indigo, Betsy Brown, and Liliane. Vicki Leon is a writer, traveler, and historian who has built a wide readership with her Uppity Women series. She lives in Morro Bay, California. Product Description Get Inspired By The Powerful Sheroes In This Feminist Collection Of Short Biographies "This book is an antidote to the erasure of women from our history.”―Vicki Leon, author of Uppity Women of Ancient Times #1 Best Seller in Teen & Young Adult Social Activist Biographies, Sociology, and Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance Discover some of the most awesome women in history. Now is the time to acknowledge the greatness of women! Sheroes. Women hold up half the sky and, most days, do even more of the heavy lifting including childbearing and child-rearing. All after a long day at the office. Women have always been strong, true sheroes, oftentimes unacknowledged. As we shake off the last traces of a major patriarchal hangover, women are coming into their own. In the 21st Century, all women can fully embrace their fiery fempower and celebrate their no-holds-barred individuality. It is time to acknowledge the successful women of the world. Super women as female role models. From the foremothers who blazed trails and broke barriers, to today's women warriors from sports, science, cyberspace, city hall, the lecture hall, and the silver screen, The Book of Awesome Women paints 200 portraits of powerful and inspiring role models for women and girls poised to become super women of the future. Super women you will meet in The Book of Awesome Women include: Dian Fossey Martina Navratilova Sojourner Truth Indira Ghandi Aretha Franklin Margaret Mead Coretta Scott King Georgia O'Keeffe Jackie Joyner-Kersee Joan Baez Eleanor Roosevelt Anita Hill Nobel Peace Prize winner, Wangari Maathai And many more If you liked books such as I Am Malala, Women in Science, Book of Awesome Women Writers, or Teen Trailblazers, you will want to read The Book of Awesome Women. Review “I am recommending The Book of Awesome Women by Becca Anderson. This is another awe-inspiring book about women from all different walks of life who have made a positive difference in the world. There are women like Elizabeth Blackwell who were the first in their field; women like Eslanda Goode Robeson who fought for civil rights; women like Lucretia Mott who fought for women's rights and so many others. This intensive book includes scientists, artists, writers, and women from many other professions and even a few young girls like Anne Frank and Malala Yousafzai. There are way too many amazing women covered in this book to mention them all. However, each one of them deserves to be remembered and appreciated. This book will definitely inspire you and remind you that despite all obstacles it is always possible to do some good in the world and that it is not just history but herstory too.” ―Says Me, Says Mom "Brava to all these brave women! Women have been left out of history for far too long. There is much to be learned from these women who paved the way for all of us through courage, daring and smarts." ―Ntozake Shange, author of For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enough "This book is an antidote to the erasure of women from our history. These bold an
