Brazen : rebel ladies who rocked the world
Book |
First American edition. |
First Second, an imprint of Roaring Brook Press,
New York :
2018.
- 1 of 1 Copy Available at Libraries in Niagara Cooperative
- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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About
Graphic novelist Pénélope Bagieu profiles the lives of these female role models, some world famous, some little known. From Nellie Bly to Mae Jemison or Josephine Baker to Naziq al-Abid, the stories in this comic biography are sure to inspire the next generation of rebel ladies.
Details
- ISBN: 9781626728691 (pbk.)
- ISBN: 1626728690 (pbk.)
- Physical Description: 291 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 23 cmprint
- Edition: First American edition.
- Publisher: New York : First Second, an imprint of Roaring Brook Press, 2018.
- General Note: LSC 23.50Translated from the French."Originally published in French by Gallimard in 2016 as Culottées: Des femmes qui ne font que ce qu'elles veulent, tome I and in 2017 as Culottées: Des femmes qui ne font que ce qu'elles veulent, tome II"--Colophon.
- Formatted Contents Note: Clementine Delait, Bearded lady -- Nzinga, Queen of Ndongo and Matamba -- Margaret Hamilton, Terrifying actress -- Las Mariposas, Rebel sisters -- Josephina van Gorkum, Obstinate lover -- Lozen, Warrior and shaman -- Annette Kellerman, Mermaid -- Delia Akeley, Explorer -- Josephine Baker, Dancer, French Revolution Resistance Fighter, Matriarch -- Tove Jansson, Painter, creator of Trolls -- Agnodice, Gynecologist -- Leymah Gbowee, Social worker -- Giorgina Reid, Lighthouse keeper -- Christine Jorgensen, Reluctant celebrity -- Wu Zetian, Empress -- Temple Grandin, Animal whisperer -- Sonita Alizadeh, Rapper -- Cheryl Bridges, Athlete -- Thérèse Clerc, Utopian realist -- Betty Davis, Singer-songwriter -- Nellie Bly, Journalist -- The Shaggs, Rock stars -- Katia Krafft, Volcanologist -- Jesseyln Radack, Lawyer -- Hedy Lamarr, Actress and inventor -- Naziq al-Abid, Activist aristocrat -- Frances Glessner Lee, Crime miniaturist -- Mae Jemison, Astronaut -- Peggy Guggenheim, Lover of modern art.