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Cool Women
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 305.40922
EAN: 9780965975407
ISBN: 0965975401
Label: Girl Press
Manufacturer: Girl Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 128
Publication Date: 1997-11
Publisher: Girl Press
Reading Level: Young Adult
Studio: Girl Press
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Editorial Review:
The roster of female role models in Cool Women is extremely eclectic, spanning history and national boundaries to include Cleopatra and Amelia Earhart. Mexican freedom fighters stand side by side with Soviet WWII fighter pilots, Mother Jones, and Rosie the Riveter. Editor Pam Nelson places emphasis on women who overcame their own fears to go beyond society's expectations and succeed on their own terms. Cool Women also introduces many young readers to women about whom they might otherwise not learn until adulthood, such as Dorothy Parker, Janet Flanner, and Jane Goodall. The eye-catching design and friendly writing style (Josephine Baker's "to-do list" includes "Become toast of Paris") will keep girls' attention and hopefully inspire them to check out some of the references provided.
Featuring images from real life, fiction, and pop culture, "Cool Women" is the thinking girl's guide to the hippest ladies in history. The mix of profiles is eclectic and creative enough to capture every girl's interest, from Catwoman to Amelia Earhart to Cleopatra. Color illustrations & photos National author tour. Print publicity. .
Customer Reviews
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Rating:  - For the teachers...
This book contains both fictional and non-fiction women through out history. It would be a great starting point for the development of biographical feature articles or biographical reports. The text is set on different colors and chunked for easy reading (helpful for lower level readers). The women featured in this book are extremely diverse so that any girl can find someone who looks like her to relate to within the text. Each entry also has information for girls to find out more about the cool ... Read More
Rating:  - for those uneducated in the excelence of women's successes
I picked up this book, interested in some of the photographs on the front cover. Immediatley, when I opened it, I was drawn into the book. It had fabulous graphics and layout. I paged through first, reading little bits of information that interested me. That was really the extent of my experience with the book, until I recently sat down with it and decided the read through it all. I found it absoulutely intriguing. I read every "mini-biography" and after I was done, I went to find out more information ... Read More
Rating: - Excellent material for growing strong women.
I purchased this book as a Christmas gift for the youngest daughter of a friend of the family. I was looking for something I knew her mother would never buy her, something that would make her learn about women as unique and wonderful human creatures.
I stumbled across this book and was attracted to its magazine-style layout, with photos and blurbs in sidebars as well as a main, brief narrative on each of the diverse women profiled. It drew me in immediately - in fact before I wrapped it, I had read it ... Read More
Rating: - Much Needed
This book bridges the gap in educational books for young readers. It helps young girls specifically to understand that women have been achievers throughout history and in doing so can serve as inspiration for modern young women who may be short on confidence or direction. This book is a "must" for the 12-18 year age group, and adults like myself will also find it interesting and educational.
Rating: - Cool account of womyn throughout history
Very interesting with cool facts about womyn (he he). Not a whole lot of info about individual people, but still fun, facinating, and nicly designed. I highly recommend it to anyone (mostly but not limited to, girls) at basically any age. Makes a great present to a 8-14 year old girl (I should know:) ).
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