Sinopsis

In this luminous volume, New York Times bestselling writer Julia Pierpont and artist Manjit Thapp match short, vibrant, and surprising biographies with stunning full-color portraits of secular female 'saints?: champions of strength and progress. These women broke ground, broke ceilings, and broke molds?including Maya Angelou ? Jane Austen ? Ruby Bridges ? Rachel Carson ? Shirley Chisholm ? Marie Curie & Ir?ne Joliot Curie ? Isadora Duncan ? Amelia Earhart ? Artemisia Gentileschi ? Grace Hopper ? Dolores Huerta ? Frida Kahlo ? Billie Jean King ? Audre Lorde ? Wilma Mankiller ? Toni Morrison ? Michelle Obama ? Sandra Day O?Connor ? Sally Ride ? Eleanor Roosevelt ? Margaret Sanger ? Sappho ? Nina Simone ? Gloria Steinem ? Kanno Sugako ? Harriet Tubman ? Mae West ? Virginia Woolf ? Malala Yousafzai Open to any page and find daily inspiration and lasting delight.