Women who dared : 52 stories of fearless daredevils, adventurers, & rebels /

Women have been doing amazing, daring, and dangerous things for years, but they're rarely mentioned in our history books as adventurers, daredevils, or rebels. This new compilation of brief biographies features women throughout history who have risked their lives for adventure - many of who you...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Skeers, Linda (Author)
Other Authors:	Gosling, Livi (Illustrator)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Naperville, Illinois : Sourcebooks, Inc., [2017]
Subjects:	Women daredevils > Biography > Juvenile literature. Women adventurers > Biography > Juvenile literature. Adventure and adventurers > Biography > Juvenile literature. Women heroes > Biography > Juvenile literature. Dissenters > Biography > Juvenile literature. Women > Biography > Juvenile literature. Women daredevils > Biography. Women adventurers > Biography. Adventure and adventurers > Biography. Women heroes > Biography. Dissenters > Biography. Women > Biography. JUVENILE NONFICTION > Biography & Autobiography > Historical. JUVENILE NONFICTION > Biography & Autobiography > Women. JUVENILE NONFICTION > History. Adventure and adventurers. Dissenters. Women. Women adventurers. Women daredevils. Women heroes. Biography. Action and adventure fiction. Juvenile works.

Table of Contents:

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.