Still I rise [electronic book] : the persistence of phenomenal women / Marlene Wagman-Geller ; foreword by Laurel Corona.

By: Wagman-Geller, Marlene [author.].

Contributor(s): Corona, Laurel, 1949- [writer of foreword.].

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BookPublisher: Coral Gables, Florida : Mango Publishing Group, [2017]Copyright date: 2017Description: online resource (317 pages).Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781633535961 (paperback); 9781633535954 (e-book).Subject(s): Women -- Biography

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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Great Women Leaders in History Who Personify Girl Power

"If you need a little encouragement in your life during these difficult times, the lives of these women will give you hope." -- Says Me Says Mom

#1 Bestseller in 21st Century U.S. History for Teens

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.

Rad Women Worldwide. "When Nelson Mandela was imprisoned in South Africa's brutal Robben Prison, he tirelessly turned to the poem Invictus. Invictus, the inspirational verse by the Victorian William Ernest Henley, was penned on the occasion of the amputation of his leg. 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. Just as Invictus brought solace to generations, so does Maya Angelou's contemporary classic." --The Library Blog

Celebrate girl power. Still I Rise embodies the strength of character of inspiring women. Each chapter outlines the fall and rise of great women heroes who shattered all obstacles, rather than let those obstacles shatter them.

Women sheroes include:

Madame C. J. Walker - first female American millionaire Aung San Suu Kyi - Burma's first lady of freedom Betty Shabazz - civil rights activist Nellie Sachs - Holocaust survivor and Nobel Prize recipient Selma Lagerlof - first woman Nobel Laureate Fannie Lou Hamer - American voting rights activist Bessie Coleman - first African American female pilot Wilma Rudolph - first woman to win three gold medals Sonia Sotomayor - first Hispanic Supreme Court justice Wangari Maathai - Nobel Prize winner Winnifred Mandela - freedom fighter Lois Wilson - founder of Al-Anon Roxanne Quimby - co-founder of Burt's Bees

Other books for girls you may want to read include The Book of Awesome Women, Women Who Launch, and The Book of Awesome Black Women.

Includes bibliographical references.

Electronic reproduction.: ProQuest LibCentral. Mode of access: World Wide Web.

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Table of contents provided by Syndetics

Foreword (p. 13)
Prologue: Hell, I'm Still Here (p. 17)
Chapter 1 The Worst of Times (1761) (p. 27)
Chapter 2 It is Warm (1880) (p. 37)
Chapter 3 The Stepping Stone (1891) (p. 47)
Chapter 4 Steel Gardenia (1895) (p. 57)
Chapter 5 "Where Your Treasure Is..."(1903) (p. 67)
Chapter 6 The Black Sky (1910) (p. 77)
Chapter 7 This Little Light of Mine (1917) (p. 87)
Chapter 8 Phenomenal Woman (1928) (p. 97)
Chapter 9 Dance All Night (1928) (p. 107)
Chapter 10 Can We Talk?(1933) (p. 117)
Chapter 11 Under the Bus (1939) (p. 127)
Chapter 12 No Color (1940) (p. 137)
Chapter 13 The Female David (1945) (p. 147)
Chapter 14 A Miracle Worker (1946) (p. 157)
Chapter 15 My Mother's Daughter (1952) (p. 167)
Chapter 16 My Beloved World (1954) (p. 177)
Chapter 17 The Force (1956) (p. 187)
Chapter 18 The Boomerang (1959) (p. 197)
Chapter 19 The Glass Castle (1960) (p. 209)
Chapter 20 The Light (1965) (p. 219)
Chapter 21 Unbroken (1967) (p. 229)
Chapter 22 Hooah! (1963) (p. 239)
Chapter 23 A Butterfly (1981) (p. 249)
Chapter 24 Sin and Salvation (1982) (p. 259)
Chapter 25 The Best Revenge (1989) (p. 269)
Epilogue (p. 278)
Acknowledgements (p. 281)
Bibliography (p. 284)
About The Author (p. 323)

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Marlene Wagman-Geller received her B.A. from York University and her teaching credentials from the University of Toronto and San Diego State University. Currently she teaches high school English in National City, California. Reviews from her first three books (Penguin/Perigree) have appeared in the New York Times and the Associated Press article was picked up in dozens of newspapers such as the Denver Post, the Huffington Post, and the San Diego Tribune.