Rad Women Worldwide: Artists and Athletes, Pirates and Punks, and Other Revolutionaries Who Shaped History

Educationalandinspirational,thisgift-worthy NewYorkTimes bestsellerfromtheauthorsofRadAmericanWomenA-Z, is abold,illustratedcollectionof40biographicalprofilesshowcasingextraordinarywomenfromacrosstheglobe. RadWomenWorldwide tellsfresh,engaging,andamazingtalesofperseveranceandradicalsuccessbypairingwell-researchedandrivetingbiographieswithpowerfulandexpressivecut-paperportraits.Thebook featuresanarrayofdiversefiguresfrom430BCEto2016, spanning31countriesaroundtheworld, fromHatshepsut(thegreatfemalekingwhoruledEgyptpeacefullyfortwodecades)andMalalaYousafzi(theyoungestpersontowintheNobelPeacePrize)toPolyStyrene(legendaryteenagepunkandleadsingerofX-RaySpex)andLivArnesenandAnnBancroft(polarexplorersandthefirstwomentocrossAntarctica). Anadditional250namesofinternationalradwomenarealsoincludedasareferenceforreaderstocontinuetheirownresearch.Thisprogressiveandvisuallyarrestingbookisacompellingadditiontowomen'shistoryandbelongsontheshelfofeveryschool,library,andhome. Together,thesestoriesshowtheimmenserangeofwhatwomenhavedoneandcando.Mayweallhavethecouragetoberad!Forteachers,thisbookisappropriateforgrades6-8andcouldbeusedineitherSocialStudiesorEnglishclasses,oraspartofatextforamultidisciplinaryunit.ItcanalsobeusedasaCommonCoretextforgrades6-8SocialStudies/History-CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RH.6-8.1-10.Contents:Enheduanna(Mesopotamia)MalalaYousafzai(Pakistan)KalpanaChawla(India)AungSanSuuKyi(Burma)QiuJin(China)JunkoTabei(Japan)FeDelMundo(Philippines)DameKaterinaTe HeikōkōMataira(NewZealand)FaithBandler(Australia)LivArnesenand AnnBancroft(Norway&U.S.A.)MiriamMakeba(SouthAfrica)WangariMaathai(Kenya)KashaJacqueline Nagabasera(Uganda)FunmilayoRansomeKuti(Nigeria)ChimamandaNgoziAdichie(Nigeria)Hatshepsut(Egypt)Madresdela PlazadeMayo(Argentina)Marta(Brazil)QuintremanSisters(Chile)Policarpa“LaPola” Salavarrieta(Colombia)Bastardilla(Colombia)NannyoftheMaroons(Jamaica)SorJuanaInes delaCruz(Mexico)FridaKahlo(Mexico)QueenLili’uokalani(Hawaii)Venusand SerenaWilliams(U.S.A.)BirutėMaryGaldikis(Canada)BuffySainte-Marie(Canada)ENIACProgrammers(U.S.A.)GuerrillaGirls(U.S.A.)Grace“Granuaile” O’Malley(Ireland)PrincessSophia DuleepSingh(England)PolyStyrene(England)SophieScholl(Germany)MarieCurieand IreneJoliot-Curie(France)JosephineBaker(France)MariaMontessori(Italy)Hypatia(Egypt)EmmaGoldman(Russia)TheStateless