Limitless : 24 remarkable American women of vision, grit, and guts / by Leah Tinari.
Material type:
TextPublisher: New York : Aladdin, 2018Copyright date: ©2018Edition: First Aladdin hardcover editionDescription: 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 32 cmContent type: - text
- still image
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781534418554
- 1534418555
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Children's Book
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Main Library | Children's NonFiction | 920.72 T587 | Available | 33111009326501 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
In the spirit of She Persisted, Goodnight Stories for Rebel Girls , and Rad American A-Z , acclaimed artist Leah Tinari offers a spectacular collection of portraits, celebrating iconic, inspirational, and groundbreaking American women.
Fine artist Leah Tinari's stunning, spellbinding portraits honor the groundbreaking achievements and indelible impact of twenty-four extraordinary American women. These women's dreams were without boundaries; their accomplishments limitless in their reach and lasting power.
Tinari's list is comprised of trailblazers, whose vision, grit, and guts paved the way not only for the generations to come, but for Tinari's own artistic journey. These women include Louisa May Alcott, Rachel Carson, Julia Child, Shirley Chisholm, Ellen Degeneres, Ray Eames, Eve Ensler, Carrie Fisher, Dian Fossey, Aretha Franklin, Betsey Johnson, Carol Kaye, Yuri Kochiyama, Liz Lambert, Lozen, Shirley Muldowney, Tracey Norman, Annie Oakley, Georgia O'Keefe, Dolly Parton, Kimberly Pierce, Gilda Radner, Sojourner Truth, and Abby Wambach.
Their contributions to the arts, education, science, politics, civil rights, fashion, design, technology, and sports are enduring and noteworthy. Courage, perseverance, brilliance, and passion were the guiding, groundbreaking principles for these diverse women who span the eighteenth, nineteenth, and twentieth centuries.
"Profiles twenty-four women in American history who inspired, influenced, and impacted history, culture, and society, including Shirley Muldowney, Aretha Franklin, Shirley Chisholm, and Annie Oakley." -- (Source of summary not specified)