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Women of achievement

thirty-five centuries of history

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Susan Raven, a British historian, and Alison Weir, bestselling author who teaches at London University, concentrate on universally admired women.
Copyrighted in 1981, it gives an overview of the contributions of women through time. It is divided into segments: Politics and Power, Education and Social Reform, Religion, The Written word, The Performing Arts, The Visual Arts, Science and Medicine, Money and Management, Travel and Exploration, and Sports.

Their choices focus on innovators, not merely achievers, and include Cleopatra, Sappho, Queen Elizabeth I, Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Betty Friedan, Marilyn Monroe, Billie Jean King and Indira Gandhi.

Lesser known selections include: Boudicca, the warrior queen of Britain's Iceni tribe, who fought the Romans around A.D. 61; Walladah al-Mustakfi, an 11th-century Spanish poet; Carrie Chapman Catt, the American suffragist; and Valentina Tereshkova, the only female astronaut.

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Harmony Books
Language
English
Pages
288

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Edition Notes

Includes index.

Published in
New York

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
920.72
Library of Congress
HQ1123 .R38 1981

The Physical Object

Pagination
288 p. :
Number of pages
288

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL24890334M
Internet Archive
womenofachieveme00rave
ISBN 10
0517539829
LCCN
80024239
OCLC/WorldCat
6790418

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