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Great Women Leaders in History Who Personify Girl Power
“If you need a little encouragement in your life during these difficult times, the lives of these women will give you hope.” —Says Me Says Mom
#1 Bestseller in 21st Century U.S. History for Teens
Intrepid women heroes are the antithesis of the traditional damsels in distress; rather than waiting for the prince, they took salvation into their own hands.
Rad Women Worldwide. “When Nelson Mandela was imprisoned in South Africa’s brutal Robben Prison, he tirelessly turned to the poem Invictus. Invictus, the inspirational verse by the Victorian William Ernest Henley, was penned on the occasion of the amputation of his leg. Still I Rise takes its title from a work by Maya Angelou and it resonates with the same spirit of an unconquerable soul, a woman who is captain of her fate. Just as Invictus brought solace to generations, so does Maya Angelou’s contemporary classic.” —The Library Blog
Celebrate girl power. Still I Rise embodies the strength of character of inspiring women. Each chapter outlines the fall and rise of great women heroes who shattered all obstacles, rather than let those obstacles shatter them.
Women sheroes include:
Madame C. J. Walker – first female American millionaireAung San Suu Kyi – Burma’s first lady of freedomBetty Shabazz – civil rights activistNellie Sachs – Holocaust survivor and Nobel Prize recipientSelma Lagerlof – first woman Nobel LaureateFannie Lou Hamer – American voting rights activistBessie Coleman – first African American female pilotWilma Rudolph – first woman to win three gold medalsSonia Sotomayor – first Hispanic Supreme Court justiceWangari Maathai – Nobel Prize winnerWinnifred Mandela – freedom fighterLois Wilson – founder of Al-AnonRoxanne Quimby – co-founder of Burt’s Bees
Other books for girls you may want to read include The Book of Awesome Women, Women Who Launch, and The Book of Awesome Black Women.
From the Publisher
The lives of these women will give you hope.
The women in these pages took control back of their stories. Rather than waiting for the prince, they fought for salvation with their own hands. Women leaders in history celebrated in this book include:
Nellie Sachs – Holocaust survivor and Nobel Prize recipientSelma Lagerlof – first woman Nobel LaureateFannie Lou Hamer – American voting rights activistBessie Coleman – first African-American female pilotWilma Rudolph – first woman to win three gold medalsSonia Sotomayor – first Hispanic Supreme Court justice
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Celebrate girl power!
Each chapter outlines the fall and rise of great women heroes who smashed all obstacles, rather than let all obstacles smash them. The book offers hope to those undergoing their own Sisyphean struggles. Intrepid women heroes are the antithesis of the traditional damsels in distress.
Publisher : TMA Press; Illustrated edition (July 25, 2017)
Language : English
Paperback : 320 pages
ISBN-10 : 1633535967
ISBN-13 : 978-1633535961
Reading age : 14 – 17 years
Grade level : 7 and up
Item Weight : 2.31 pounds
Dimensions : 5 x 0.75 x 8 inches
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