From sports to innovation, art to politics - meet the incredible women who got there first.
Ever heard the saying "It's a man's world"? Clearly, the speaker had never met Amelia Earhart or Harriet Tubman. Those feisty females, and many more, rivaled their male counterparts in everything from computer programming to civil rights, and from world speed records to the invention of the chocolate chip cookie!
Organized chronologically, this fact-o-pedia is subdivided into
a range of subjects, including science & innovation, sports & endurance, arts & literature, politics & world-building, business & industry, world records, and unusual achievements.
With engaging and accessible text and delightful illustrations throughout, Ladies First is sure to educate, entertain, and inspire!
ISBN: | 9780008210830 |
Publication date: | 6th October 2016 |
Author: | Caitlin Doyle |
Illustrator: | Chuck Gonzales |
Publisher: | Harper an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers |
Format: | Hardback |
Pagination: | 318 pages |
Genres: |
Dictionaries of biography Biography: adventurers and explorers Biography: science, technology and medicine True stories of discovery History of science Popular Science History of engineering and technology Inventions and inventors History of Computing, digital and information technologies History |