First and Only Women: History'S Female Trailblazers - Softcover
This book looks at 25 remarkable women who were the first and/or only members of their sex to achieve in an enormous number of fields of endeavour. Heroines and villains alike, adventurers, sportspeople, politicians, monarchs, artists, literary figures, reformers, military women, criminals and of course everyday women who have been the first of their sex to achieve, experience and encounter. These women are all unique for their ability and determination to break through, or simply disregard, the bounds of tradition and misogyny in order to reach a goal. Their stories are presented chronologically. Among the female firsts are Pharoah Hatshepsut, a woman who ruled as king, not as queen; Christine de Pisan, Europe's first professional female writer; Ada Byron Lovelace, daughter of Lord Byron and the world's first computer programmer; Bertha von Suttner, the first woman to win the Nobel peace prize, in 1905; and Valentina Tereshkova, Russian astronaut and in 1963 the first woman in space. Key points: an engaging and illuminating women's history book; a timeline running through the book provides a broad survey of female achievement of yesteryear and today; breakout boxes provide added value and also include information about some significant 'last' women
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Lynn Santa Lucia is a versatile book author, magazine writer and editor, whose areas of interest and expertise include luxury and international lifestyle, food/culinary interests, home decor, holistic health, nutrition, motherhood, women's issues and travel. Her writing has appeared on websites including Salon.com (travel), SavoryCities.com, and iVillage.com; in several Travelers' Tales book anthologies (Italy; Love and Romance) and in Lonnie Barbach's anthology Seductions; as well as in Body & Soul, Departures, Parenting, Specialty Food, Travel + Leisure, and Yoga Journal magazines. Lynn lives in New York State, USA.
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- PublisherPier 9, Murdoch Books
- Publication date2010
- ISBN 10 1741964911
- ISBN 13 9781741964912
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages304
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Book Description Paperback. 1. A fascinating account of some of history's most inspiring women. Among these are Pharoah 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. 2010. First edition. A fine copy. Seller Inventory # 9641103
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