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A celebration of the achievements of womankind, this book honours fifty amazing women and the incredible impact they have had on our world. From empire builders and healers to daring explorers and iconoclastic thinkers, these are moving stories of dedication, conflict, tragedy and triumph, as dramatic as any fiction. Each will both inspire readers and provide a greater understanding of the crucial role these women played in shaping our culture and history, and the debt we owe them. Presented chronologically, from antiquity to the modern day, each of these remarkable women's stories is told with a complete biography, a time-line setting their achievement in its historical context, and a selection of little-known facts and intimate insights, alongside an iconic black-and-white image and one of their inspiring quotations."Great Women in History" pays homage to fifty of the most influential and admired women of all time, including: Cleopatra, Mary Magdalene, Boudicca, Joan of Arc, Catherine the Great, Elizabeth I, Emmeline Pankhurst, Jane Austen, Amelia Earhart, Marie Curie, Florence Nightingale, Mother Teresa, Virginia Woolf, Eleanor Roosevelt, Helen Keller, Anne Frank, Katharine Hepburn, Simone de Beauvoir, Rosa Parks, Madame Mao, Eva Peron, Margaret Thatcher, Marilyn Monroe, Germaine Greer, Billie Jean King, Oprah Winfrey, Madonna, and Princess Diana.
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A celebration of the achievements of womankind, this book
honours 50 extraordinary women and the enduring impact they have had on our
lives. From rulers and warriors to sportswomen and innovators, and from
writers and artists to heroines and revolutionaries, these are moving
accounts of struggle, tragedy, dedication and triumph, more dramatic than
any fiction.
Progressing through history, from Cleopatra and Mary Magdalene to Madonna
and Diana, Princess of Wales, each of these exceptional women's stories is
told against the backdrop of their time. For each, we learn of their
achievements, backgrounds, characters and little-known details that make
them ever more remarkable.
Included her are the life stories of Cleopatra, Mary Magdalene, Boudicca,
Joan of Arc, Elizabeth I, Catherine the Great, Mary Wollstonecraft, Jane
Austen, Queen Victoria, Florence Nightingale, Emmeline Pankhurst, Marie
Curie, Virginia Woolf, Simone de Beauvoir, Mother Teresa, Rosa Parks, Eva
Peron, Margaret Thatcher, Anne Frank, Mary Quant, Germaine Greer, Madonna,
and Diana, Princess of Wales.
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