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Title Troublemakers in trousers : women and what they wore to get things done / Sarah Albee ; Illustrated by Kaja Kajfež.
Author Albee, Sarah, author.
Publication Info. Watertown, MA : Charlesbridge, 2022.
©2022
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 Alafaya  J 305.42 ALB    Check Shelves
 Orlando Public Library (Downtown) - Children's  J 305.42 ALB    Check Shelves
 South Creek  J 305.42 ALB    Check Shelves
 West Oaks  J 305.42 ALB    Check Shelves
Description xi, 164 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
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Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (page 155-159) and index.
Contents Introduction: suit yourself -- King of queens: Hatshepsut -- Amazon prime: Hypsicratea -- Vested interest: Khutulun -- The maid in armor: Joan of Arc -- The chic of Araby: Lady Mary Montagu -- Partners in crime: Anne Bonny and Mary Read -- Bound and determined: Deborah Sampson -- Around the world in three-thousand and something days: Jeanne Baret -- Native fighter: Running Eagle -- East beats west: Lakshmibai -- A hostile makeover: Amelia Bloomer -- Leading the way: Harriet Tubman -- Skirting the issue: Rosa Bonheur -- Frocks and bonds: Ellen Craft -- No reservations: Lozen -- For she's a jolly good fellow: Vesta Tilley -- Winging it: Lilian Bland -- Viva la Frida: Frida Kahlo -- Playing hardball: Marcenia "Toni" Stone -- The most riveting riveter: Marguerite Johnson -- Author's note: my checkered past.
Summary "Meet twenty-one women through history who wore men's clothing, pretended to be men, or broke the rules in order to do something they wanted--or needed--to do"-- Provided by publisher.
Audience Ages 9-12 Charlesbridge.
Grades 4-6 Charlesbridge.
Subject Women -- Attitudes -- History -- Juvenile literature.
Feminism -- History -- Juvenile literature.
Women -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Women's clothing -- History -- Juvenile literature.
Women -- Attitudes -- History.
Feminism -- History.
Women -- Biography.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General.
Added Author Kajfez, Kaja, illustrator.
ISBN 9781623540951 (hardcover) : $18.99
162354095X (hardcover)
9781632898531 (ebook)
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