Brazen rebel ladies who rocked the world

Bagieu, Pénélope, author, illustrator.

Graphic Novel 2018

With her characteristic wit and dazzling drawings, celebrated graphic novelist Penelope Bagieu profiles the lives of these feisty female role models, some world famous, some little known. From Nellie Bly to Mae Jemison or Josephine Baker to Naziq al-Abid, the stories in this comic biography are sure to inspire the next generation of rebel ladies.

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ISBN:

9781626728691
9781626728684
1626728690
1626728682

Edition:

First American edition

Description:

291 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm

Other Title:

Rebel ladies who rocked the world

Notes:

"Originally published in French by Gallimard in 2016 as Culottées: Des femmes qui ne font que ce quʹelles veulent, tome I and in 2017 as Culottées: Des femmes qui ne font que ce quʹelles veulent, tome II"--Colophon
Translated from the French

Contents:

Clementine Delait, Bearded lady
Nzinga, Queen of Ndongo and Matamba
Margaret Hamilton, Terrifying actress
Las Mariposas, Rebel sisters
Josephina van Gorkum, Obstinate lover
Loxen, Warrior and shaman
Annette Kellerman, Mermaid
Delia Akeley, Explorer
Josephine Baker, Dancer, French Revolution Resistance Fighter, Matriarch
Tove Jansson, Painter, creator of Trolls
Agnodice, Gynecologist
Leymah Gbowee, Social worker
Giorgina Reid, Lighthouse keeper
Christine Jorgensen, Reluctant celebrity
Temple Grandin, Animal whisperer
Sonita Alizadeh, Rapper
Cheryl Bridges, Athlete
Therésè Clerc, Utopian realist
Betty Davis, Singer-songwriter
Nellie Bly, Journalist
The Shaggs, Rock stars
Katia Krafft, Volcanologist
Jesseyln Radack, Lawyer
Hedy Lamarr, Actress and inventor
Naziq al-Abid, Activist aristocrat
Frances Glessner Lee, Crime miniaturist
Mae Jemison, Astronaut
Peggy Guggenheim, Lover of modern art

LCCN:

2017941160

Control Number:

2630133

Other Authors:

Kane, Montana, translator

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