Reuben Hoar Library (Littleton)

Women who dared, 52 stories of fearless daredevils, adventurers, & rebels, Linda Skeers ; illustrated by Livi Gosling

eng

Includes bibliographical references (pages 108-111) and index

collective biography

illustrations

index present

non fiction

Women who dared

bibliography

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Linda Skeers ; illustrated by Livi Gosling

52 stories of fearless daredevils, adventurers, & rebels

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

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

juvenile

Fifty-two stories of fearless daredevils, adventurers, and rebels, women who dared