Title:
Little dreamers : visionary women around the world / Vashti Harrison.
ISBN:
9780316475174
Personal Author:
Edition:
First edition.
Publication Information:
New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2018.
Physical Description:
89 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm.
Contents:
Fatima al-Fihri -- Wang Zhenyi -- Ada Lovelace -- Marie Curie -- Edith Head -- Peggy Guggenheim -- Grace Hopper -- Frida Kahlo -- Gyo Fujikawa -- Katherine Dunham -- Mary Blair -- Chien-Shiung Wu -- Bessie Blount Griffin -- Hedy Lamarr -- Claudia Jones -- Sister Rosetta Tharpe -- Asima Chatterjee -- Maya Deren -- Amalia Hernández -- Violeta Para -- Sister Corita Kent -- Esther Afua Ocloo -- Monir Shahroudy -- Farmanfarmaian -- Mahasweta Devi -- Vera Rubin -- Yayoi Kusama -- Toni Morrison -- Esther Mahlangu -- Thancoupie Gloria Fletcher -- Eiko Ishioka -- Wangari Maathai -- Calypso Rose -- Flossie Wong-Stahl -- Zaha Hadid -- Maya Lin -- More little dreamers.
Summary:
"Brief, illustrated bios of women creators around the world"-- Provided by publisher.
Featuring the true stories of women creators and thinkers from around the world, throughout history, this book shows that sometimes seeing things a little differently can lead to big changes. Some names are well known, some are not, but all the women had a lasting effect on the fields they workd in. Whether they were breaking ground for innovative structures or breaking rules and creating new ones, the women profiled here not only made a place for themselves in the world but made the world a better place to live.
Genre:
Interest age level:
Ages 8-12.
Series Sequence:
OCLC Number:
on1043774001
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