Little dreamers
Subtitle: visionary women around the world
By: Vashti Harrison
Edition: First edition.
Series: Little leaders; Little leaders
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 89
ISBN-13: 9780316475174
Copyright date: 2018
Subjects: JUVENILE NONFICTION; Women artists; Art; Juvenile literature; Science & Technology; Literary; Music; Historical; Women scientists; Biography & Autobiography; Girls & Women; Cultural Heritage; Biography; Women
Other titles: Visionary women around the world
Description: "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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 82-84).

Includes bibliographical references.

Ages 8-12.
Table of contents: title: Fatima al-Fihri; title: Wang Zhenyi; title: Ada Lovelace; title: Marie Curie; title: Edith Head; title: Peggy Guggenheim; title: Grace Hopper; title: Frida Kahlo; title: Gyo Fujikawa; title: Katherine Dunham; title: Mary Blair; title: Chien-Shiung Wu; title: Bessie Blount Griffin; title: Hedy Lamarr; title: Claudia Jones; title: Sister Rosetta Tharpe; title: Asima Chatterjee; title: Maya Deren; title: Amalia Hernández; title: Violeta Para; title: Sister Corita Kent; title: Esther Afua Ocloo; title: Monir Shahroudy; title: Farmanfarmaian; title: Mahasweta Devi; title: Vera Rubin; title: Yayoi Kusama; title: Toni Morrison; title: Esther Mahlangu; title: Thancoupie Gloria Fletcher; title: Eiko Ishioka; title: Wangari Maathai; title: Calypso Rose; title: Flossie Wong-Stahl; title: Zaha Hadid; title: Maya Lin; title: More little dreamers.