Publisher's Synopsis
Part of the revolutionary Fantastically Great Women series, with over a million copies sold worldwide!Nominated for the CILIP Carnegie & Kate Greenaway Children's Book Awards'It's hard to imagine any group of primary-aged children who wouldn't be inspired' BOOKSELLER'An absolute must-have for every young person's bookshelf' HUFFINGTON POST'Significantly more engaging and inspiring than the rival Rebel Girls' GUARDIANNow an award-winning hit musical from the creators of SIX!Including brave and powerful Boudicca who fought for what she believed in, cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova who was the first woman in space, and inventor and engineer Ada Lovelace, the world's first computer programmer - plus many more! This inspiring illustrated collection features 13 incredible true stories of women who have made their mark on history and the world! Created by Kate Pankhurst, relative of suffragette Emmeline Pankhurst, the Fantastically Great Women series has inspired a generation of readers to dream big, stand proud and speak out. How will you change the world?List of women featured: Sayyida al-Hurra, Josephine Baker, Elizabeth Blackwell, Boudicca, Flora Drummond, Hatshepsut, Qiu Jin, Noor Inayat Khan, Ada Lovelace, Pocahontas, Mary Shelley, Valentina Tereshkova, Harriet Tubman and Mary Wollstonecraft.Other books in the series:Fantastically Great Women Who Changed the WorldFantastically Great Women Who Worked WondersFantastically Great Women Who Saved the Planet.
