TY  - BOOK
AU  - Maggs,Sam
AU  - Woodall,Jenn
TI  - Girl squads: 20 female friendships that changed history 
SN  - 1683690729
PY  - 2018///]
CY  - Philadelphia
PB  - Quirk Books
KW  - Female friendship
KW  - History
KW  - Women
KW  - Biography
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 256-264) and index; Introduction: Squad goals -- Athlete squads. The Haenyeo ; Shirley and Sharon Firth ; The 1964 Japanese Women's Olympic Volleyball Team ; Madison Keys and Sloane Stephens -- Political & activist squads. Trưng Tra̐c and Trưng Nhị ; Manon Roland and Sophie Grandchamp ; The Patriotic Women's League of Iran ; Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Sonia Sotomayor, and Elena Kagan -- Warrior squads. The Dahomey Amazons ; Anne Bonny and Mary Read ; The Red Lanterns Shining ; The Red Women of Finland -- Scientist squads. Anandibai Joshi, Sabat Islambooly, and Kei Okami ; The Edinburgh seven ; The women scientists of Antarctica ; The West Area computers -- Artist squads. The Trobairitz ; The Blue Stockings Society ; Salomé Ureña and the Instituto de Señoritas ; The Zohra Orchestra
N2  - A modern girl is nothing without her squad of besties, but Maggs takes readers on a tour of some of history's most famous female BFFs. You'll meet lady pirates, socialites, Olympic skiers and medical students who showed just how essential female friendship has been throughout history-- and throughout the world. -- adapted from jacket
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