‘A beautifully illustrated tome honouring 100 exceptional women dating back to 630BC’ Red
A Stylist Must-read Book of 2018
‘This finely illustrated book is brimful of startling anecdotes about females who flouted traditional gender roles’ Observer
‘Short, snappy and inspiring, these mini biographies celebrate women who headed out into the world determined to make a difference’ Psychologies
‘Essential reading for anyone…this beautifully illustration collection…deserves to be framed in every woman’s living room – an inspiration for any situation’ Diva
In this luminous volume, New York Times bestselling writer Julia Pierpont and artist Manjit Thapp match short, vibrant and surprising biographies with stunning full-colour portraits of secular female ‘saints’: champions of strength and progress. These women broke ground, broke ceilings and broke moulds – including
Maya Angelou – Jane Austen – Ruby Bridges – Rachel Carson – Shirley Chisholm – Hillary Clinton – Marie Curie & Irene Joliot Curie – Isadora Duncan – Amelia Earhart – Artemisia Gentileschi – Grace Hopper – Dolores Huerta – Frida Kahlo – Billie Jean King – Audre Lorde – Wilma Mankiller – Toni Morrison – Michelle Obama – Sandra Day O’Connor – Sally Ride – Eleanor Roosevelt – Margaret Sanger – Sappho – Nina Simone – Gloria Steinem – Kanno Sugako – Harriet Tubman – Mae West – Virginia Woolf – Malala Yousafzai
Open to any page and find daily inspiration and lasting delight.
A Stylist Must-read Book of 2018
‘This finely illustrated book is brimful of startling anecdotes about females who flouted traditional gender roles’ Observer
‘Short, snappy and inspiring, these mini biographies celebrate women who headed out into the world determined to make a difference’ Psychologies
‘Essential reading for anyone…this beautifully illustration collection…deserves to be framed in every woman’s living room – an inspiration for any situation’ Diva
In this luminous volume, New York Times bestselling writer Julia Pierpont and artist Manjit Thapp match short, vibrant and surprising biographies with stunning full-colour portraits of secular female ‘saints’: champions of strength and progress. These women broke ground, broke ceilings and broke moulds – including
Maya Angelou – Jane Austen – Ruby Bridges – Rachel Carson – Shirley Chisholm – Hillary Clinton – Marie Curie & Irene Joliot Curie – Isadora Duncan – Amelia Earhart – Artemisia Gentileschi – Grace Hopper – Dolores Huerta – Frida Kahlo – Billie Jean King – Audre Lorde – Wilma Mankiller – Toni Morrison – Michelle Obama – Sandra Day O’Connor – Sally Ride – Eleanor Roosevelt – Margaret Sanger – Sappho – Nina Simone – Gloria Steinem – Kanno Sugako – Harriet Tubman – Mae West – Virginia Woolf – Malala Yousafzai
Open to any page and find daily inspiration and lasting delight.
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Reviews
A beautifully illustrated tome honouring 100 exceptional women dating back to 630BC
This finely illustrated book, featuring the potted biographies of 100 inspiring women, is brimful of startling anecdotes about females who flouted traditional gender roles
The beautifully illustrated collection, with artwork by Manjit Thapp, deserves to be framed in every woman's living room - an inspiration for any situation
Take a hundred remarkable women, from different countries and different eras, provide each with a graceful and striking portrait by talented illustrator Manjit Thapp, and you have a small book packing a big punch.
Highly entertaining and inspiring
This finely illustrated book, featuring the potted biographies of 100 inspiring women spanning the ages, is brimful of startling anecdotes about females who flouted traditional gender roles
Pierpont condenses a lifetime into a few lines, capturing their essence in a striking snapshot . . . a thoroughly brilliant and informative read
An enticing collection of biographical portraits of extraordinary women ... Pierpont's pithy write-ups are accompanied by Thapp's funky, wonderfully expressive color illustrations, making for an engaging picture-book experience for adults ... Bold and sassy, Pierpont and Thapp's "little" collection of secular "saints" stands tall: required reading for any seeking to broaden their historical knowledge.
As 2018 marks the hundredth anniversary of women's suffrage, there is some really great feminist non-fiction publishing this year like The Little Book Of Feminist Saints.
As 2018 marks the hundredth anniversary of women's suffrage, there is some really great feminist non-fiction publishing this year like The Little Book Of Feminist Saints
Thapp's expressive artwork is determined to reflect the world she inhabits: multi-ethnic, and filled with powerful women
Short, snappy and inspiring, these mini biographies celebrate women who headed out into the world determined to make a difference; frank, fearless, funny and switched on to the injustices placed upon them, they set out to do something about their unfair restrictions . . . Thapp's portraits providing the glorious visuals
An enticing collection of biographical portraits of extraordinary women . . . Pierpont's pithy write-ups are accompanied by Thapp's funky, wonderfully expressive color illustrations, making for an engaging picture-book experience for adults . . . Bold and sassy, Pierpont and Thapp's "little" collection of secular "saints" stands tall: required reading for any seeking to broaden their historical knowledge