Kate Schatz
Author
Language
English
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Description
"From the authors of the New York Times bestselling book Rad American Women A-Z, comes a bold new collection of 40 biographical profiles, each accompanied by a striking illustrated portrait, showcasing extraordinary women from around the world. In Rad Women Worldwide, writer Kate Schatz and artist Miriam Klein Stahl tell fresh, engaging, and inspiring tales of perseverance and radical success by pairing well researched and riveting biographies with...
Author
Publisher
City Lights Books
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
1040L
Language
English
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Description
"Profiled are 26 American women from the 18th through 21st centuries, who have made-or are still making--history as artists, writers, teachers, lawyers, or athletes. The women come from a variety of economic and ethnic backgrounds and many had to overcome extreme hardships. One woman represents each alphabetical letter beginning with Angela Davis, an activist, teacher, and writer, and concludes with Zora Neale Hurston, an anthropologist and writer."--Publisher....
3) Mujeres geniales: artistas, atletas, piratas, punks y otras revolucionarias que hicieron historia
Author
Publisher
Editorial Santillana
Pub. Date
2017.
Lexile measure
970L
Language
Español
Description
"Cierra los ojos e imagínate a un pirata. Imagínate a un espía. Y, ahora, imagínate a un presidente, a un guerrero en una batalla, a un gran pintor, a un programador de computadoras o a un faraón. Las mujeres de este libro han sido todo esto y más. Este volumen narra la vida de cuarenta mujeres de todo el mundo que cambiaron las reglas, traspasaron los límites, lucharon por la igualdad y ayudaron a crear un futuro mejor para todos. Además...
Publisher
Vintage Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
A collection of letters--to ancestors, to children five generations from now, to strangers in grocery lines, to any and all who feel weary and discouraged--written by award-winning novelists, poets, political thinkers, and activists.