The Little Book of Feminist Saints

Synopsis

New York Times Bestselling Writer Julia Pierpont And Up-and-coming Artist Manjit Thapp Tell Vibrant, Inspiring, And Surprising Stories Of Strength And Progress By Pairing Short, Lyrical Biographies Of Secular Saints With Stunning Full-color Portraits. Some May Be Obvious: Ada Lovelace (1815-1852) Wrote The First Algorithm For A Machine And Is Considered The First Computer Programmer. Some Less So: Kanno Sugako (1881-1911) Was An Anarcho-feminist Japanese Journalist Who Fought Against Gender Oppression. Featuring A Woman From 8th Century Bc And Women Fighting For Social Justice In 2017, Women Who Lived In Midtown Manhattan And A Woman Who Lives In Rural Uganda, This Will Be A Book To Offer As A Gift To The Girls And Women In Your Life, But Also One You'll Want For Yourself--because It's Beautiful, Because It's Smart And Edifying, And Because It's A Companion Of Sorts, A Daily Inspiration And Delight-- Artemisia Gentileschi -- Michelle Obama -- Kanno Sugako -- Virginia Woolf -- Oprah -- Del Martin And Phyllis Lyon -- Forugh Farrokhzad -- Sappho -- Barbara Jordan -- Harriet Tubman -- Hypatia Of Alexandria -- Yayoi Kusama -- Emmy Noether -- Gloria Steinem -- Sandra Day O'connor -- Wangari Maathai -- Maya Angelou -- Kitty Cone -- Dolores Huerta -- Rachel Carson -- The Brontes -- Nina Simone -- Erma Bombeck -- Nellie Bly -- Phillis Wheatley -- Katharine Hepburn -- Bea Arthur -- Frances Perkins -- Amelia Earhart -- Mary Cassatt -- Simone De Beauvoir -- Dorothea Lange -- Isadora Duncan -- Sojourner Truth -- Josephine Baker -- Williams Sisters -- Anne Frank -- Mirabal Sisters -- Benazir Bhutto -- Helen Keller -- Frida Kahlo -- Malala Yousafzai -- Ann And Cecile Richards -- Ida B. Wells -- Gertrude Bell -- Sally Ride -- Bella Abzug -- Kasha Nabagesera -- Mary Edwards Walker -- Jin Xing -- Julia Child -- Madonna -- Mae West -- Marsha P. Johnson -- Gladys Elphick -- Marys Wollstonecraft And Shelley -- Maria Montessori -- Jane Addams -- Queen Elizabeth I -- Ruby Bridges -- Marie And Irene Curie -- Margaret Sanger -- Junko Tabei -- Dorothy Arzner -- Anna Politkovskaya -- The Night Witches -- Helen Hayes -- Eleanor Roosevelt -- Hillary Clinton -- Lise Meitner -- Pussy Riot -- Lucretia Mott -- Juana Ines De La Cruz -- Audre Lorde -- Wilma Mankiller -- Billie Jean King -- Kara Walker -- Ada Lovelace -- Louisa May Alcott -- Shirley Chisholm -- The Grimke Sisters -- Grace Hopper -- Emily Dickinson -- Ella Baker -- Jane Austen -- Faith Spotted Eagle -- Margaret Hamilton -- Louise Bourgeois -- Marlene Dietrich -- Your Own Feminist Saint!. Julia Pierpont ; Illustrated By Manjit Thapp.