Displaying 1 of 1 2017 Format: Book Author: Skeers, Linda, author. Title: Women who dared : 52 stories of fearless daredevils, adventurers, & rebels / Linda Skeers ; illustrated by Livi Gosling. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 108-111) and index. Publisher, Date: Naperville, Illinois : Sourcebooks, Inc., [2017] ©2017 Description: 112 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm Summary: Profiles fifty-two women in history who who have risked their lives for the sake of adventure, including Sophie Blanchard, Mary Anning, Minnie Spotted Wolf, and Alia Muhammad Baker. Contents: Daredevils. Anna Olga Albertina Brown -- Annie Edson Taylor -- Bessie Coleman -- Elinor Smith -- Florence Chadwick -- Georgia "Tiny" Broadwick -- Helen Gibson -- Lillian Boyer -- Lillian Leitzel -- Mary Lillian Ellison -- May Emmeline Wirth -- Mildred Burke -- Shirley Muldowney -- Sophie Blanchard -- Valentina Tereshkova -- Adventurers. Ada Blackjack -- Barbara Hillary -- Beatrice Ayettey -- Emma "Grandma" Gatewood -- Dr. Eugenie Clark -- Fanny Bullock Workman -- Ferminia Sarras -- Ida Lewis -- Jeanne Baret -- Joan Bamford Fletcher -- Junko Tabei -- Libby Riddles -- Lillian Riggs -- Margaret Bourke-White -- Mary Anning -- Mina Hubbard -- Rosaly Lopes -- Sylvia Earle -- Ynes Mexia -- Rebels. Alia Muhammad Baker -- Annette Kellerman -- Annie "Londonderry" Cohen Kopchovsky -- Belle Boyd -- Bessie Stringfield -- Ella Hattan -- Irena Sendler -- Johanna July -- Kate Warne -- Keiko Fukuda -- Lyda Conley -- Margaret "Molly" Tobin Brown -- Mary Edwards Walker -- Mary Fields -- Minnie Spotted Wolf -- Rose Fortune -- Susan la Flesche Picotte -- Sybil Ludington. Target Audience Note: 950L Lexile Subjects: Women daredevils -- Biography -- Juvenile literature. Women adventurers -- Biography -- Juvenile literature. Adventure and adventurers -- Biography -- Juvenile literature. Women heroes -- Biography -- Juvenile literature. Dissenters -- Biography -- Juvenile literature. Women -- Biography -- Juvenile literature. Adventure and adventurers -- Biography. Women -- Biography. Other Author: Gosling, Livi, illustrator. Other Title: Fifty-two stories of fearless daredevils, adventurers, and rebels : women who dared ISBN: 9781492653271 (hardcover) 1492653276 (hardcover) Place Hold Add to My List Expand All | Collapse All Find It Suggestions and more Map It About This Title Large Cover Image Book Reviews Table of Contents Librarian's View Displaying 1 of 1
