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First & only women : history's female trailblazers / Lynn Santa Lucia.

By: Publication details: Millers Point, N.S.W. : Pier 9, 2010.Description: 304 p. : ill. (some col.), ports. (some col.) ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781741964912 (pbk.) :
Other title:
  • First and only women
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 920.72 21
Contents:
Pharoah Hatshepsut -- Hypatia of Alexandria -- Wu Zetian -- Razia Sultan -- Christine de Pisan -- Hildegard of Bingen -- Sofonisba Anguissola -- Lucy Stone -- Elizabeth Blackwell -- Mary Surratt -- Isabella Bird -- Marie Curie -- Dorothy levitt -- Amelia Earhart -- Valentina Tereshkova -- Dawn Fraser -- Indira Gandhi.
Summary: This is a fascinating account of some of history's most inspiring women. Among the female firsts are Pharaoh Hatshepsut, a woman who ruled as king, not as queen; Christine de Pisan, Europe's first professional female writer; and Valentina Tereshkova, Russian astronaut and in 1963 the first woman in space.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book Jessie Street National Women's Library General Stacks 920.72 SAN (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available for reference in the library and ILL 67647

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [297]-301) and index.

Pharoah Hatshepsut -- Hypatia of Alexandria -- Wu Zetian -- Razia Sultan -- Christine de Pisan -- Hildegard of Bingen -- Sofonisba Anguissola -- Lucy Stone -- Elizabeth Blackwell -- Mary Surratt -- Isabella Bird -- Marie Curie -- Dorothy levitt -- Amelia Earhart -- Valentina Tereshkova -- Dawn Fraser -- Indira Gandhi.

This is a fascinating account of some of history's most inspiring women. Among the female firsts are Pharaoh Hatshepsut, a woman who ruled as king, not as queen; Christine de Pisan, Europe's first professional female writer; and Valentina Tereshkova, Russian astronaut and in 1963 the first woman in space.

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