Girls Who Rocked the World: Heroines from Joan of Arc to Mother Teresa. This item is unavailable.Girls Who Rocked the World: Heroines from Joan of Arc to Mother Teresa

The second in this series of books tells the stories of thirty real girls who changed history before reaching their twenties.

GIRLS WHO ROCKED THE WORLD 2 features black-and-white photos and drawings to complement the inspiring stories of Golda Meir, Israeli prime minister, ambassador and U.N. delegate; Rigoberta Menchu, Guatemalan activist and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize; Italian physicist, Laura Bassi, one of the first women scientists in western history; Lauryn Hill, American singer and winner of multiple Grammy awards who produced her first album at age 17; Alexandra Nechita, internationally acclaimed Romanian artist and others. The book, also, contains photos and writings of over 30 contemporary young women from across America who respond to the question, "How do you plan to rock the world?"

b & w photos & drawings throughout

Michelle Roehm McCann has worked as a children's book editor and art director for more than twenty years, as well as writing and compiling several award-winning children's books of her own. She lives in Portland, Oregon, with her husband, two world-rocking kids, and their brilliant cats, Horace and Percy.

Amelie Welden started working on the first version of Girls Who Rocked the World as a college student in Portland, Oregon. More recently, she returned to her interest in writing and received an MFA in creative writing from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. She currently teaches composition at the University of Michigan Dearborn and at Oakland University.