Good night stories for rebel girls 100 tales of extraordinary women
"To the rebel girls of the world: dream bigger, aim higher, fight harder, and, when in doubt, remember you are right"--Introduction.
| Main Authors: | Favilli, Elena (Author), Cavallo, Francesca (Author) |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
[Venice, CA] :
Timbuktu Labs, Inc.,
[2016]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
| Series: |
Good night stories for rebel girls ;
1. |
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Table of Contents:
- Ada Lovelace, mathematician
- Alek Wek, supermodel
- Alfonsina Strada, cyclist
- Alicia Alonso, ballerina
- Ameenah Gurib-Fakim, President and scientist
- Amelia Earhart, aviator
- Amna Al Haddad, weightlifter
- Ann Makosinski, inventor
- Anna Politkovskaya, journalist
- Artemisia Gentileschi, painter
- Ashley Fiolek, Motocross racer
- Astrid Lindgren, writer
- Aung San Suu Kyi, politician
- Balkissa Chaibou, activist
- Brenda Chapman, Director
- The Brontë sisters, writers
- Catherine the Great, empress
- Cholita Climbers, mountaineers
- Claudia Ruggerini, partisan
- Cleopatra, Pharaoh
- Coco Chanel, fashion designer
- Cora Coralina, poet and baker
- Coy Mathis, elementary school student
- Elizabeth I, Queen
- Eufrosina Cruz, activist and politician
- Evita Perón, politician
- Fadumo Dayib, politician
- Florence Nightingale, nurse
- Frida Kahlo, painter
- Grace Hopper, computer scientist
- Grace O'Malley, pirate
- Harriet Tubman, Freedom Fighter
- Hatshepsut, Pharaoh
- Helen Keller, activist
- Hillary Clinton, presidential candidate
- Hypatia, mathematician and philosopher
- Irena Sendlerowa, war hero
- Isabel Allende, writer
- Jacquotte Delahaye, pirate
- Jane Austin, writer
- Jane Goodall, primatologist
- Jessica Watson, sailor
- Jill Tarter, astronomer
- Jingū, Empress
- Joan Jett, rock star
- Julia Child, chef
- Kate Sheppard, suffragette
- Lakshmi Bai, queen and warrior
- Lella Lombardi, Formula One racer
- Lozen, warrior
- Mae C. Jemison, astronaut and doctor
- Malala Yousafzai, activist
- Manal Al-Sharif, activist
- Margaret Hamilton, computer scientist
- Margaret Thatcher, Prime Minister
- Margherita Hack, astrophysicist.
- Maria Callas, opera singer
- Maria Montessori, physician and educator
- Maria Reiche, archaeologist
- Maria Sibylla Merian, naturalist
- Marie Curie, scientist
- Mary Anning, paleontologist
- Mary Edwards Walker, surgeon
- Mary Kom, boxer
- Matilde Montoya, doctor
- Maud Stevens Wagner, tattoo artist
- Maya Angelou, writer
- Maya Gabeira, surfer
- Melba Liston, trombonist
- Michaela Deprince, ballerina
- Michelle Obama, lawyer and First Lady
- Millo Castro Zaldarriaga, drummer
- The Mirabal sisters, activists
- Miriam Makeba, activist and singer
- Misty Copeland, ballerina
- Nancy Wake, spy
- Nanny of the Maroons, Queen
- Nellie Bly, reporter
- Nettie Stevens, geneticist
- Nina Simone, singer
- Policarpa Salavarrieta, spy
- Rita Levi Montalcini, scientist
- Rosa Parks, activist
- Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Supreme Court Justice
- Ruth Harkness, explorer
- Seondeok of Silla, Queen
- Serena and Venus Williams, tennis players
- Simone Biles, gymnast
- Sonita Alizadeh, rapper
- Sylvia Earle, marine biologist
- Tamara de Lempicka, painter
- Virginia Woolf, writer
- Wang Zhenyi, astronomer
- Wangari Maathai, activist
- Wilma Rudolph, athlete
- Xian Zhang, orchestra conductor
- Yaa Asantewaa, warrior queen
- Yoko Ono, artist
- Yusra Mardini, swimmer
- Zaha Hadid, architect
- Write your own story
- Draw your portrait
- Rebels' Hall of Fame
- Illustrators.