The book of gutsy women favorite stories of courage and resilience
Hillary Rodham Clinton and her daughter, Chelsea, share the stories of the gutsy women who have inspired them--women with the courage to stand up to the status quo, ask hard questions, and get the job done. Ensuring the rights and opportunities of women and girls remains a big piece of the unfinishe...
| Main Authors: | Clinton, Hillary Rodham (Author), Clinton, Chelsea (Author) |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Simon & Schuster,
2019.
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| Edition: | First Simon and Schuster hardcover edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- EARLY INSPIRATIONS: First inspirations
- Harriet Tubman
- Anna Pavlova
- Isadora Duncan
- Margaret Chase Smith
- Margaret Bourke-White
- Maria von Trapp
- Anne Frank
- Rigoberta Menchú Tum
- Jackie Joyner-Kersee and Florence Griffith Joyner ("Flo-Jo")
- EDUCATION PIONEERS: Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz
- Margaret Bancroft
- Juliette Gordon Low
- Maria Montessori and Joan Ganz Cooney
- Mary McLeod Bethune
- Esther Martinez
- Daisy Bates
- Patsy Mink, Bernice Sandler, and Edith Green
- Ruby Bridges Hall
- Malala Yousafzai
- EARTH DEFENDERS: Marjory Stoneman Douglas
- Rachel Carson
- Jane Jacobs and Peggy Shepard
- Jane Goodall and "The Trimates"
- Wangari Maathai
- Alice Min Soo Chun
- Greta Thunberg
- EXPLORERS AND INVENTORS: Caroline Herschel and Vera Rubin
- Ada Lovelace and Grace Hopper
- Margaret Knight and Madam C.J. Walker
- Marie Curie and Irène Jolior-Curie
- Hedy Lamarr
- Sylvia Earle
- Sally Ride
- Mae Jemison
- HEALERS: Florence Nightingale
- Clara Barton
- Elizabeth Blackwell, Rebecca Lee Crumpler, and Mary Edwards Walker
- Betty Ford
- Mathilde Krim
- Dr. Gao Yaojie
- Dr. Hawa Abdi
- Flossie Wong-Staal
- Molly Melching
- Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha
- Caccinators
- ATHLETES: Alice Coachman and Wilma Rudolph
- Junko Tabei
- Billie Jean King
- Diana Nyad
- Abby Wambach
- Michelle Kwan
- Venus and Serena Williams
- Ibtihaj Muhammad
- Tatyana McFadden
- Caster Semenya
- Aly Raisman
- ADVOCATES AND ACTIVISTS: Dorothy Height and Sojourner Truth
- Ida B. Wells
- Eleanor Roosevelt
- Elizabeth Peratrovich
- Rosa Parks and Claudette Colvin
- Coretta Scott King
- Dolores Huerta
- The Peacemakers
- Victoria Mxenge
- Ai-jen Poo
- Sarah Brady, Gabby Giffords, Nelba Màrquez-Greene, Shannon Watts, and Lucy McBath
- Nza-Ari Khepra, Emma Gonzàlez, Naomi Wadler, Edna Chavez, Jazmine Wildcat, and Julia Spoor
- Becca Heller
- STORYTELLERS: Maya Angelou
- Mary Beard
- Jineth Bedoya Lima
- Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
- America Ferrera
- Ali Stoker
- Amani Al-Khatahtbeh
- ELECTED LEADERS: Bella Abzug
- Shirley Chisholm
- Ann Richards
- Geraldine Ferraro
- Barbara Jordan
- Barbara Mikulski
- Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
- Wilma Mankiller
- Michelle Bachelet
- Danica Roem
- GROUNDBREAKERS: Frances Perkins
- Katharine Graham
- Constance Baker Motley
- Edie Windsor
- Ela Bhatt
- Temple Grandin
- Ellen DeGeneres
- Maya Lin
- Sally Yates
- Kimberly Bryant and Reshma Saujani
- WOMEN'S RIGHTS CHAMPIONS: Rosa May Billinghurst
- The Suffragists
- Sophia Duleep Singh
- Fraidy Reiss
- Manal al Sharif
- Nadia Murad.