![]() ![]() ![]() Roxanne Quimby-cofounder of Burt’s Bees. ![]() Sonia Sotomayor-first Hispanic Supreme Court justice.Wilma Rudolph-first woman to win three gold medals.Bessie Coleman-first African-American female pilot.Fannie Lou Hamer-American voting rights activist.Selma Lagerlof-first woman Nobel Laureate.Nellie Sachs-Holocaust survivor and Nobel Prize recipient.Aung San Suu Kyi-Burma’s first lady of freedom.Intrepid women heroes are the antithesis of the traditional damsels in distress rather than waiting for the prince, they took salvation into their own hands.Ĭelebrate girl power! Women leaders in history celebrated in this book include: The book offers hope to those undergoing their own Sisyphean struggles. Each chapter will outline the fall and rise of great women heroes who smashed all obstacles, rather than let all obstacles smash them. It embodies the strength of character of the inspiring women profiled. Still I Rise takes its title from a work by Maya Angelou and it resonates with the same spirit of an unconquerable soul, a woman who is captain of her fate. ![]() an important book and a read that is nothing if not timely with current politics.” - FangirlNationĪ #1 Bestseller in 21st Century U.S. “An incredible book about the strength of women. ![]()
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