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Title Brazen : rebel ladies who rocked the world / Pénélope Bagieu ; [English translation by Montana Kane].
Publisher New York : 01 First Second, 2018.
Copyright ©2018
Description 291 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 22 cm
Edition First American edition.


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 SI-YA Collection  YA GN 920.72 BAGI Nearby on shelf  30661911963869 09-17-21  AVAILABLE
 SK-YA Collection  YA GN 920.72 BAGI  30662911968080 (none)  AVAILABLE
 SM-Young Adult Room  YA GN 920.72 BAGI  30660912978140 03-24-23  AVAILABLE
 SN-Young Adult Room  YA GN 920.72 BAGI  30663911766722 04-07-23  ON DISPLAY
Note "Originally published in French by Gallimard in 2016 as Culottées: Des femmes qui ne font que ce quʹelles veulent, tome I and in 2017 as Culottées: Des femmes qui ne font que ce quʹelles veulent, tome II"--Colophon.
NOTE In English. Translated from the French.
Contents Clementine Delait, Bearded lady -- Nzinga, Queen of Ndongo and Matamba -- Margaret Hamilton, Terrifying actress -- Las Mariposas, Rebel sisters -- Josephina van Gorkum, Obstinate lover -- Loxen, Warrior and shaman -- Annette Kellerman, Mermaid -- Delia Akeley, Explorer -- Josephine Baker, Dancer, French Revolution Resistance Fighter, Matriarch -- Tove Jansson, Painter, creator of Trolls -- Agnodice, Gynecologist -- Leymah Gbowee, Social worker -- Giorgina Reid, Lighthouse keeper -- Christine Jorgensen, Reluctant celebrity -- Temple Grandin, Animal whisperer -- Sonita Alizadeh, Rapper -- Cheryl Bridges, Athlete -- Therésè Clerc, Utopian realist -- Betty Davis, Singer-songwriter -- Nellie Bly, Journalist -- The Shaggs, Rock stars -- Katia Krafft, Volcanologist -- Jesseyln Radack, Lawyer -- Hedy Lamarr, Actress and inventor -- Naziq al-Abid, Activist aristocrat -- Frances Glessner Lee, Crime miniaturist -- Mae Jemison, Astronaut -- Peggy Guggenheim, Lover of modern art.
Summary With her characteristic wit and dazzling drawings, celebrated graphic novelist Penelope Bagieu profiles the lives of these feisty female role models, some world famous, some little known. From Nellie Bly to Mae Jemison or Josephine Baker to Naziq al-Abid, the stories in this comic biography are sure to inspire the next generation of rebel ladies.
Audience GN770L Lexile
Subject Shaggs (Music group) -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Women -- Biography -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Feminists -- Biography -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Genre Biographical comics.
Nonfiction comics.
Graphic novels.
Add'l Names Kane, Montana, translator.
Other title Rebel ladies who rocked the world
ISBN 9781626728684
1626728682
9781626728691
1626728690