From the Book - First edition
Cleopatra lives in the library: Cleopatra (69-30 BC) --
Wu gets ahead: Wu Zetian (624-705) --
Elizabeth rules the day: Queen Elizabeth I (1533-1603) --
Juana reads in secret: Sor (Sister) Juana Inés de la Cruz (1651-1695) --
Phillis uses her voice: Phillis Wheatley Peters (1753-1784) --
E. Pauline takes the stage: E. Pauline Johnson (1861-1913) --
Chien-Shiung breaks barriers: Chien-Shiung Wu (1912-1997) --
Indira learns from letters: Indira Gandhi (1917-1984) --
Shirley blazes trails: Shirley Chisholm (1924-2005) --
Patsy pushes back: Patsy Mink (1927-2002) --
Audre refuses to be silent: Audre Lorde (1934-1992) --
Temple thinks in pictures: Temple Grandin (1947- ) --
Sally reaches for the stars: Sally Ride (1951-2012) --
Oprah influences America: Oprah Winfrey (1954- ) --
Sonia solves mysteries: Sonia Sotomayor (1954- ) --
Serena rises up: Serena Williams (1981- ) --
Taylor shakes it off: Taylor Swift (1989- ) --
Malala doesn't back down: Malala Yousafzai (1997- ) --
Amanda climbs hills: Amanda Gorman (1998- ) --
Marley gets it done: Marley Dias (2005- ) --
Epilogue: Kathy reads on the job: Kathleen Krull (1952-2021) --
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