The book of gutsy women : favorite stories of courage and resilience
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| Subject |
| Women > Biography. Women > History. Courage. Resilience (Personality trait) |
| Genre |
| Biographies. |
- ISBN: 9781501178412
- Physical Description 450 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
- Publisher [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2019.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Includes index. |
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The Book of Gutsy Women : Favorite Stories of Courage and Resilience
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Table of Contents
The Book of Gutsy Women : Favorite Stories of Courage and Resilience
| Section | Section Description | Page Number |
|---|---|---|
| Introduction | p. ix | |
| Early Inspirations | p. 1 | |
| First Inspirations | ||
| Harriet Tubman | ||
| Anna Pavlova, Isadora Duncan, Maria Tallchief, and Virginia Johnson | ||
| Helen Keller | ||
| Margaret Chase Smith | ||
| Margaret Bourke-White | ||
| Maria von Trapp | ||
| Anne Frank | ||
| Rigoherta Menchú Tum | ||
| Jackie Joyner-Kersee and Florence Griffith Joyner | ||
| Education Pioneers | p. 53 | |
| Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz | ||
| Margaret Bancroft | ||
| Juliette Gordon Low | ||
| Maria Montessori and Joan Ganz Cooney | ||
| Mary McLeod Bethune | ||
| Esther Martinez | ||
| Daisy Bates | ||
| Patsy Mink, Bernice Sandler, and Edith Green | ||
| Ruby Bridges Hall | ||
| Malala Yousafzai | ||
| Earth Defenders | p. 95 | |
| Marjory Stoneman Douglas | ||
| Rachel Carson | ||
| Jane Jacobs and Peggy Shepard | ||
| Jane Goodall and "The Trimates" | ||
| Wangari Maathai | ||
| Alice Min Soo Chun | ||
| Greta Thunherg | ||
| Explorers and Inventors | p. 127 | |
| Caroline Herschel and Vera Rubin | ||
| Ada Lovelace and Grace Hopper | ||
| Margaret Knight and Madam C. J. Walker | ||
| Marie Curie and Irène Joliot-Curie | ||
| Hedy Lamarr | ||
| Sylvia Earle | ||
| Sally Ride | ||
| Mae Jemison | ||
| Healers | p. 161 | |
| Florence Nightingale | ||
| Clara Barton | ||
| Elizabeth Blackwell, Rebecca Lee Crumpler, and Mary Edwards Walker | ||
| Betty Ford | ||
| Mathilde Krim | ||
| Dr. Gao Yaojie | ||
| Dr. Hawa Abdi | ||
| Flossie Wong-Staal | ||
| Molly Melching | ||
| Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha | ||
| Vaccinators | ||
| Athletes | p. 199 | |
| Alice Coachman and Wilma Rudolph | ||
| Junko Tabei | ||
| Billie Jean King | ||
| Diana Nyad | ||
| Abby Wambach | ||
| Michelle Kwan | ||
| Venus and Serena Williams | ||
| Ibtihaj Muhammad | ||
| Tatyana McFadden | ||
| Caster Semenya | ||
| Aly Raisman | ||
| Advocates and Activists | p. 241 | |
| Dorothy Height and Sojourner Truth | ||
| Ida B. Wells | ||
| Eleanor Roosevelt | ||
| Elizabeth Peratrovich | ||
| Rosa Parks and Claudette Colvin | ||
| Coretta Scott King | ||
| Dolores Huerta | ||
| The Peacemakers | ||
| Victoria Mxenge | ||
| Ai-jen Poo | ||
| Sarah Brady, Gabby Giffords, Nelba Marque/Greene, Shannon Watts, and Lucy McBath | ||
| Nza-Ari Khepra, Emma Gonzalez, Naomi Wadler, Edna Chavez, Jazmine Wildcat, and Julia Spoor | ||
| Becca Heller | ||
| Storytellers | p. 303 | |
| Maya Angelou | ||
| Mary Beard | ||
| Jineth Bedoya Lima | ||
| Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie | ||
| America Ferrera | ||
| Ali Stroker | ||
| Amani Al-Khatahtbeh | ||
| Elected Leaders | p. 329 | |
| Bella Abzug | ||
| Shirley Chisholm | ||
| Ann Richards | ||
| Geraldine Ferraro | ||
| Barbara Jordan | ||
| Barbara Mikulski | ||
| Ellen Johnson Sirleaf | ||
| Wilma Mankiller | ||
| Michelle Bachelet | ||
| Danica Roem | ||
| Groundbreakers | p. 371 | |
| Frances Perkins | ||
| Katharine Graham | ||
| Constance Baker Motley | ||
| Edie Windsor | ||
| Ela Bhatt | ||
| Temple Grandin | ||
| Ellen DeGeneres | ||
| Maya Lin | ||
| Sally Yates | ||
| Kimberly Bryant and Reshma Saujani | ||
| Women's Rights Champions | p. 411 | |
| Rosa May Billinghurst | ||
| The Suffragists | ||
| Sophia Duleep Singh | ||
| Fraidy Reiss | ||
| Manal al-Sharif | ||
| Nadia Murad | ||
| Epilogue | p. 438 | |
| Acknowledgments | p. 441 | |
| Index | p. 443 | |
| Photo credits | p. 449 |
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