Little dreamers : visionary women around the world

Author

Vashti Harrison

Call Number

• J 920.72 HARR (CEN, EAS, OSH, WSQ)

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Edition

First edition.

Publication Information

New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2018.

Physical Description

89 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm

Audience

Ages 8-12.

Summary

"Brief, illustrated bios of women creators around the world"--

Featuring the true stories of women creators and thinkers from around the world, throughout history, this book shows that sometimes seeing things a little differently can lead to big changes. Some names are well known, some are not, but all the women had a lasting effect on the fields they worked in. Whether they were breaking ground for innovative structures or breaking rules and creating new ones, the women profiled here not only made a place for themselves in the world but made the world a better place to live.

Contents

• Fatima al-Fihri
• Wang Zhenyi
• Ada Lovelace
• Marie Curie
• Edith Head
• Peggy Guggenheim
• Grace Hopper
• Frida Kahlo
• Gyo Fujikawa
• Katherine Dunham
• Mary Blair
• Chien-Shiung Wu
• Bessie Blount Griffin
• Hedy Lamarr
• Claudia Jones
• Sister Rosetta Tharpe
• Asima Chatterjee
• Maya Deren
• Amalia Hernández
• Violeta Para
• Sister Corita Kent
• Esther Afua Ocloo
• Monir Shahroudy
• Farmanfarmaian
• Mahasweta Devi
• Vera Rubin
• Yayoi Kusama
• Toni Morrison
• Esther Mahlangu
• Thancoupie Gloria Fletcher
• Eiko Ishioka
• Wangari Maathai
• Calypso Rose
• Flossie Wong-Stahl
• Zaha Hadid
• Maya Lin
• More little dreamers.