Legends: Women Who Have Changed the World Through the Eyes of Great Women Writers

Brand: New World Library

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UPC:
9781577311836
Maximum Purchase:
3 units
Binding:
Paperback
Publication Date:
2001-09-09
Author:
John Miller
Language:
english
Edition:
First edition thus.
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Rendered by women artists and writers, these portraits illuminate the most influential women of our time. Liv Ullman marvels at Anne Franks faith in the face of atrocity. Claudia Roth Pierpont explores how Virginia Woolfs atypical persona informed literature for the next hundred years. Camille Paglia champions Amelia Earhart as a pioneer who invaded the male world. The book also celebrates the fire of Angela Davis, the courage of Aung San Suu Kyi, the brains of Eleanor Roosevelt, and the brio of Ella Fitzgerald. The essays are accompanied by striking duotone photographs by such photographers as Alfred Stieglitz, Man Ray, and Cecil Beaton. Pairings include Joan Didion on Georgia OKeeffe, Terry Tempest Williams on Rachel Carson, and Gloria Steinem on Marilyn Monroe.