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Rejected princesses : tales of history's boldest heroines, hellions, and heretics  Cover Image Book Book

Rejected princesses : tales of history's boldest heroines, hellions, and heretics

Porath, Jason (author.).

Summary: "A brazen, uproarious collection of illustrations of tough women both historical and fantastical-too awesome, too fierce, and sometimes too weird. These are not fantasy tales of blushing ingenues and happily-ever-afters. Here are the real unsung women of history, real and from literature, mythology and folklore. Illustrated in a contemporary animation style, Rejected Princesses dismisses the 'pretty pink princess' stereotype and profiles, through biography, imagery, wit, and humor, badass women throughout time and from all around the world. Warrior queens, soldiers, villains, spies, revolutionaries, and many more. Women of every era, ethnicity, class and orientation are pictured including a princess-cum-pirate from 5th century Denmark, a rebel preacher in 1630s Boston, a Hungarian blood thirsty countess, and a former prostitute that commanded a fleet of 70,000+ men on the Chinese seas. In Rejected Princesses, Jason Porath presents the female role models we never knew we needed! Fun, feminist, and educational, Rejected Princesses commemorates unknown but captivating female heroes, proving that women have been kicking ass for a long, long time and always will. Who needs Cinderella when you have Rejected Princesses?"--

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780062405371
  • ISBN: 0062405373
  • ISBN: 9780062405388
  • Physical Description: xiii, 370 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm
    print
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York, NY : Dey St., [2016]

Content descriptions

General Note:
Additional materials and updated entries available at www.rejectedprincesses.com
Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 358-369).
Formatted Contents Note: Khutulun -- Tatterhood -- Agnodice -- Te Puea Herangi -- Moremi Ajasoro -- Sybil Ludington -- Kurmanjan Datka -- Andamana -- Mary Seacole -- Florence Nightingale -- Gráinne "Grace O'Malley" Ní Mháille -- "Stagecoach" Mary Fields -- Yennenga -- Annie Jump Cannon -- Wilma Rudolph -- Alfhild -- Calafia -- Keumalahayati -- Marie Marvingt -- Iara -- Jane Dieulafoy -- Tin Hinan -- Hatshepsut -- Emmy Noether -- Ka'ahumanu -- Katie Sandwina -- Gracia Mendes Nasi -- Sayyida al-Hurra -- Matilda of Tuscany -- Moll Cutpurse -- Nellie Bly and Elizabeth Bisland -- Trung Trac and Trung Nhi -- Yaa Asantewaa -- Gertrude Bell -- Eustaquia de Souza and Ana Lezama de Urinza -- Mary Bowser -- Pope Joan -- Nwanyeruwa -- Mary Lacy -- Josefina "Joey" Guerrero -- Chiyome Mochizuki -- Nana Asma'u -- Julie "La Maupin" d'Aubigny -- Nanny of the Maroons -- Xtabay -- Tomoe Gozen -- Empress Theodora -- Rani Lakshmibai -- Mariya Oktyabrskaya -- Yael -- Wallada bint al-Mustakfi -- Ada Lovelace -- Laskarina Bouboulina -- Ching Shih -- Christine de Pizan -- Harriet Tubman -- Anne Hutchinson -- Petra "Pedro" Herrera -- A'isha bint abi Bakr -- Olga of Kiev -- Agontime and the Dahomey Amazons -- Mata Hari -- Josephine Baker -- Dhat al-Himma -- Alice Clement -- Shajar al-Durr -- Amba/Sikhandi -- Khawlah bint al-Azwar -- Princess Caraboo -- Anita Garibaldi -- Tomyris -- Emmeline Pankhurst -- Marjana -- Mai Bhago -- Hortense Mancini -- Marie Mancini -- Nzinga Mbande -- Hypatia -- Jezebel -- Qiu Jin -- Yoshiko Kawashima -- Joan of Arc -- Osh-Tisch -- The night witches -- Sita -- Kharboucha -- Marguerite de la Rocque -- Noor Inayat Khan -- Empress Myeongseong -- Micaela Bastidas -- Neerja Bhanot -- Boudica -- Artemisia Gentileschi -- Wu Zetian -- Arawelo -- Caterina Sforza -- Elisabeth Báthory -- Malinche -- Ida B. Wells -- Phoolan Devi.
Subject: Sex role History Anecdotes
Women History Anecdotes
Role models Biography
Women heroes Biography
Women Biography

Available copies

  • 2 of 2 copies available at Kenton County.

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  • 0 current holds with 2 total copies.
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Covington Branch 920.72 P832r 2016 (Text) 33126021798768 Display Available -
Covington Branch 920.72 P832r 2016 (Text) 33126021798800 Adult Nonfiction Available -

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