| ISBN |
9781492653271 |
| Author |
Skeers, Linda author. |
| Title |
Women who dared : 52 stories of fearless daredevils, adventurers & rebels / |
| Alternate title |
Fifty two stories of fearless daredevils, adventurers and rebels |
| Publication |
Naperville, Illinois:
Sourcebooks Jabberwocky,
[2017] |
| ©2017. |
| Physical description |
112 pages : colour illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| References |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 108-111) and index. |
| Contents |
Machine generated contents note: DAREDEVILS -- 1858-1919(?) Germany Superior Strength / Anna Olga Albertina Brown -- 1838-1921 United States Plunging Into Peril / Annie Edson Taylor -- 1892(?)-1926 United States Ace Aviator / Bessie Coleman -- 1911-2010 United States Fearless Flyer / Elinor Smith -- 1918-1995 United States Sensational Swimmer / Florence Chadwick -- 1893-1978 United States Petite Parachutist / Georgia "Tiny" Broadwick -- 1892-1977 United States Stupendous Stuntwoman / Helen Gibson -- 1901-1989 United States Wing-Walking Wonder / Lillian Boyer -- 1892-1931 Germany Awesome Acrobat / Lillian Leitzel -- 1923-2007 United States "Fabulous Moolah" / Mary Lillian Ellison -- 1894-1978 Australia Outrageous Trick Rider / May Emmeling Wirth -- 1915-1989 United States "Queen Of The Ring" / Mildred Burke -- 1940 - United Sates Rad Racer / Shirley Muldowney -- 1778-1819 France Brave Balloonist / Sophie Blanchard -- 1937 - Russia Cool Cosmonaut / Valentina Tereshkova -- |
| Contents note continued: ADVENTURERS -- 1898-1983 United States Arctic Survivor / Ada Blackjack -- 1931 - United States North And South Pole Sensation / Barbara Hillary -- 1955 - Ghana Unconventional Captain / Beatrice Ayettey -- 1887-1973 United States Hiker With Heart / Emma "Grandma" Gatewood -- 1922-2015 United States Shark Lady / Dr. Eugenie Clark -- 1859-1925 United States Courageous Climber / Fanny Bullock Workman -- 1840-1915 Nicaragua Copper Queen / Ferminia Sarras -- 1842-1911 United States Lighthouse Keeper And Life Saver / Ida Lewis -- 1740-1807 France Secret Sailor / Jeanne Baret -- 1918-1979 Canada Remarkable Rescuer / Joan Bamford Fletcher -- 1939-2016 Japan Mountaineering Marvel / Junko Tabei -- 1956 - United States Masterful Musher / Libby Riddles -- 1888-1977 United States Remarkable Rancher / Lillian Riggs -- 1904-1971 United States Fearless Photographer / Margaret Bourke-White -- 1799-1847 England Fossil Finder And Dinosaur Discoverer / Mary Anning -- |
| Contents note continued: 1870-1956 Canada Exciting Explorer / Mina Hubbard -- 1957 - Brazil Daring Discoverer / Rosaly Lopes -- 1935 - United States Underwater Wanderer / Sylvia Earle -- 1870-1938 United States Brave Botanist / Ynes Mexia -- REBELS -- 1953 - Iraq Lionhearted Librarian / Alia Muhammad Baker -- 1887-1975 Australia Mermaid Queen / Annette Kellerman -- 1870-1947 Latvia Bodacious Bicyclist / Annie "Londonderry" Cohen Kopchovsky -- 1844-1900 United States Sly Spy / Belle Body -- 1911-1993 Jamaica "Motorcycle Queen Of Miami" / Bessie Stringfield -- 1859-1907(?) United States Queen Of The Sword / Ella Hattan -- 1910-2008 Poland Heroine Of The Holocaust / Irena Sendler -- 1857(?)-1946(?) Mexico Horse Whisperer / Johanna July -- 1833-1868 United States Daring Detective / Kate Warne -- 1913-2013 Japan Amazing Martial Artist / Keiko Fukuda -- 1869-1946 United States Proud Protector / Lyda Conley -- |
| Contents note continued: 1867-1932 United States Absolutely "Unsinkable" / Margaret "Molly" Tobin Brown -- 1832-1919 United States Medal Of Honor Winner / Mary Edwards Walker -- 1832-1914 United States Stagecoach Mary / Mary Fields -- 1923-1988 United States Marvelous Marine / Minnie Spotted Wolf -- 1774-1864 United States Courageous Cop / Rose Fortune -- 1865-1915 United States Heroic Healer / Susan La Flesche Picotte. |
| 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. |
| Subject |
Women daredevils--Biography |
| Women adventurers--Biography |
| Adventure and adventurers--Biography |
| Women heroes --Biography. |
| Dissenters--Biography |
| Genre |
Biographies |
| Added author |
Gosling, Livi illustrator. |
| Shelf Location |
J 920.72/SKE |
