100 most important women of the 20th century

by Ladies' Home Journal.,

Paper Book, 1998

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Available

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Multiple Gals, Jane Addams, Madeleine Albright, Mary McCleod Bethune, Carrie Chapman Catt, Hillary Clinton, Marian Wright Edelman, Indira Gandhi, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Emma Goldman, Anita Hill, Dolores Huerta, Maggie Kuhn, Golda Meir, Rigoberta Menchu, Sandra Day O'Connor, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Rosa Parks, Alice Paul, Frances Perkins, Eva Peron
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, Jiang Qing, Eleanor Roosevelt, Phyllis Schlafly, Gloria Steinem, Aung San Suu Kyi, Mother Teresa, Margaret Thatcher, Maya Angelou, Hannah Arendt, Rachel Carson, Agatha Christie, Simone de Beauvoir, Anne Frank, Betty Friedan, Ann Landers, Margaret Mead, Margaret Michell, Toni Morrison, Dorothy Parker, Sylvia Plath, Gertrude Stein, Barbara Walters, Laura Ingalls Wilder, Virginia Woolf, Virginia Apgar, Helen Caldicott, Marie Curie, Rosalind Franklin, Jane Goodall, Grace Hopper, Melanie Klein, Mary Leakey, Barbara McClintock, Lise Meitner, Coco Chanel, Julia Child, Elsie de Wolfe, Katharine Graham, Ruth Handler, Estee Lauder, Jean Nidetch, Mary Quant, Martha Stewart, Oprah Winfrey, Marian Anderson, Lucille Ball, Margaret Bourke-White, Maria Callas, Isadora Duncan, Ella Fitzgerald, Jane Fonda, Greta Garbo, Martha Graham, Katharine Hepburn, Billie Holiday, Janis Joplin, Frida Kahlo, Dorothea Lange, Madonna, Marilyn Monroe, Georgia O'Keeffe, Mary Pickford, Leni Riefenstahl, Nadia Comaneci, Babe Didrikson Zaharias, Gertrude Ederle, Sonja Henie, Billie Jean King, Suzanne Lenglen, Wilma Rudolph, Nancy Brinker, Helen Gurley Brown, Princess Diana, Amelia Earhart, Betty Ford, Helen Keller, Maria Montessori, Jane Roe, Margaret Sanger, Valentina Tereshkova, 20th Century, History, Activism, Politicians, Writers, Journalists, Doctors, Scientists, Science, Math, Entrepreneurs, Artist, Entertainers, Athletes, Sports, Pioneers, Adventurers, First Ladies

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Des Moines, IA : Meredith Books, c1998.

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A photo-filled celebration of extraordinary 20th-century women highlights women's contributions in politics, child care, science, education, athletics, literature, entertainment, art, and more. Over 200 photos.

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(5 ratings; 3.4)

Subjects

Biography Miscellanea
Women History Miscellanea

Language

English

Physical description

192 p.; 27 cm

ISBN

0696208237 / 9780696208232

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