Women -- Biography

This illustrated collection tells the awe-inspiring stories of 50 women who have pushed the boundaries of human excellence and endeavour. Standing out for their achievements in sport, science, the arts, politics, and history, these women have made huge contributions to today's society.

Hillary Rodham Clinton and her daughter, Chelsea, share the stories of the gutsy women who have inspired them - women with the courage to stand up to the status quo, ask hard questions, and get the job done.

Hillary Rodham Clinton and her daughter, Chelsea, share the stories of the gutsy women who have inspired them - women with the courage to stand up to the status quo, ask hard questions, and get the job done.

With entries dating from 1872 to 2013, 'Great Women's Lives' focuses attention on almost two centuries of ground-breaking achievements by more than 100 women, not just from Britain but around the world.

All of the featured characters in this book helped shape the world they lived in but in many cases disappeared into obscurity. Sandi Toksvig's gloriously funny pen portraits are accompanied by equally striking and imaginative illustrations by artist Sandy Nightingale.

Wynflæd was an Anglo-Saxon noblewoman who owned male slaves and badger-skin gowns; Egeria, a Gaulish nun who toured the Holy Land as the Roman Empire was collapsing; Gudrid, an Icelandic explorer and the first woman to give birth to a European child on American soil; Mary Astell, a philosopher wh...

Robin Cross and Rosalind Miles paint vivid portraits of the lives of over 100 extraordinary women across 3,000 years of history. The book restores women's deeds in wartime to their rightful place of honour and prominence.

Dorothy Wordsworth believed that feeding her poet brother, William, gooseberry tarts was her part to play in a literary movement. Cockney chef Rosa Lewis became a favourite of King Edward VII, who loved her signature dish of whole truffles boiled in Champagne. Eleanor Roosevelt dished up Eggs Mex...

The story of extraordinary women who lost their way - their sense of self, their identity, their freedom - and found it again through walking in the wild. A feminist exploration of the power of walking in nature, following in the footsteps of Gwen John, Georgia O'Keeffe, Frieda Lawrence, Clara Vy...

This title looks at women who have made a difference within their own country or in the wider world, whether they are rulers and leaders in their field or ordinary people whose actions and example changed the lives of others. Biographies of each individual detail their struggles and achievements,...