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Book

Teen trailblazers : 30 fearless girls who changed the world before they were 20

Call Number

  • 920.72 C1675 TEEN (OSH)

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Edition

First edition.

Publication Information

New York : Castle Point Books, 2018.

Physical Description

122 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm

Summary

This fascinating book features 30 young women who accomplished remarkable things before their twentieth birthdays. Visually compelling with original illustrations, this book will inspire the next generation of strong, fearless women.

Contents

  • Introduction
  • Cleopatra
  • Joan of Arc
  • Pocahontas
  • Eliza Lucas
  • Phillis Wheatley
  • Elisabeth Vigee-Lebrun
  • Sybil Ludington
  • Jane Austen
  • Sacagawea --Mary Shelley
  • Anita Garibaldi
  • Margaret Knight
  • Anna Elizabeth Dickinson
  • Elizabeth Cochran, A.K.A. Nellie Bly
  • Mary Pickford
  • Frida Kahlo
  • Jackie Mitchell
  • Anne Frank
  • Barbara Johns
  • Claudette Colvin
  • Elizabeth Eckford
  • Susan Eloise Hinton
  • Samantha Reed Smith
  • Emma Watson
  • Tavi Gevinson
  • Malala Yousafzai
  • Katie Stagliano
  • Emma Gonzalez
  • Maya Penn
  • Jazz Jennings
  • About the author & illustrator.

Subjects

Added Authors

Vesna Asanovic