Attribution
Julie Cummins ; illustrated by Cheryl HarnessPublication Details
Book1st edDutton Children’s Books2007Availability
LOCATION CALL # STATUS CHILD LIT (LOWER) 791.09 C972w 2008 AVAILABLE New Feature: Text this to your cellphone
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Description
Their bravado, equal to that of any male thrill-seeker, made them inspiring at a time when women were testing the waters of equality and freedom. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)Subject
Notes
- The stories of fourteen women during the period from 1880 to 1929 who performed feats of daring from being shot out of a cannon to high-diving on horseback
Contents
- Zazel: human cannonball in pink tights
- Annie Edson Taylor: queen of the mist
- Mlle. D’Zizi and Gertrude Breton: leapin’ ladies
- Isabelle Butler and La Rague Sisters: loopy women drivers
- May Wirth: world’s greatest bareback rider
- Georgia "Tiny" Broadwick: the doll girl of aviation
- Mabel Stark: the lady and the tiger
- Gladys Roy and Gladys Ingle: winsome wing walkers
- Mabel Cody: just plane stunts
- Sonora Webster Carver: the girl on the high-diving horse
ISBN
- 9780525479482
- 0525479481
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