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Anita Sarkeesian
Nonfiction - 305.42 Sar

Looking through the ages and across the globe, these authors have reclaimed the stories of 25 remarkable women who dared to defy history and change the world around them—from Mongolian wrestlers to Chinese pirates, Native American ballerinas to Egyptian scientists, and Japanese novelists to British Prime Ministers. This book will reframe the history that you thought you knew.


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