Rad Women Worldwide: 20 Mini-Posters |
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| Author:
| Schatz, Kate |
| Illustrator:
| Stahl, Miriam Klein |
| ISBN: | 978-1-5247-5955-1 |
| Publication Date: | Dec 2017 |
| Publisher: | The Crown Publishing Group
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $29.99 |
Book Description:
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For holding high at your next protest march, gifting to a feminist friend, or hanging on your classroom or dorm room wall, these progressive posters based on theNew York Timesbestseller include 20 portraits--each with a powerful female on the front and her inspiring quote on the back. Rad Women Worldwideshared fresh, engaging, and amazing tales of perseverance and radical success through riveting biographies and cut-paper portraits. Now here is the art...
More Description For holding high at your next protest march, gifting to a feminist friend, or hanging on your classroom or dorm room wall, these progressive posters based on theNew York Timesbestseller include 20 portraits--each with a powerful female on the front and her inspiring quote on the back.
Rad Women Worldwideshared fresh, engaging, and amazing tales of perseverance and radical success through riveting biographies and cut-paper portraits. Now here is the art ready for hanging or framing. Measuring 7x11 inches--perfect for an 8x10-inch frame--these colorful portraits feature widely acclaimed (and also less known) heroines alike.
The Rad Women include-
-Hatshepsut (The great female king who ruled Egypt peacefully for two decades)
-Malala Yousafzi (The youngest person to win the Nobel Peace Prize)
-Liv Arnesen and Ann Bancroft (Polar explorers and the first women to cross Antarctica)
-Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (Novelist and writer)
-Venus and Serena Williams (Tennis players and Olympic medalists)
-Faith Bandler (Activist and Advocate for Indigenous Australians)
-Kalpana Chawla (First Indian woman in space)
-Policarpa "La Pola" Salavarrieta (Revolutionary hero of Colombian independence)
-Madres de la Plaza de Mayo (A group of mothers and grandmothers who march weekly in honor of -their missing sons and daughters)
-Nanny of the Maroons (National hero of Jamaica)
-Frida Kahlo (Painter)
-Queen Liliuokalani (First and final Queen of the Kingdom of Hawaii)
-Junko Tabei (First woman to climb Mt. Everest)
-Miriam Makeba (South African singer also known as "Mama Africa")
-Wangari Maathai (Nobel Prize winning environmental activist)