If you need a little encouragement in your life during these difficult times, the lives of these women will give you hope. Walker-first female American millionaireAung San Suu Kyi-Burma's first lady of freedomBetty Shabazz-civil rights activistNellie Sachs-Holocaust survivor and Nobel Prize recipientSelma Lagerlof-first woman Nobel LaureateFannie Lou Hamer-American voting rights activistBessie Coleman-first African-American female pilotWilma Rudolph-first woman to win three gold medalsSonia Sotomayor-first Hispanic Supreme Court justiceWangari Maathai-Nobel Prize winnerWinnifred Mandela-freedom fighterLois Wilson-founder of Al-AnonRoxanne Quimby-cofounder of Burt's Bees 'Inspirational. Celebrate girl power! Women leaders in history celebrated in this book include: Madame C. 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.

Each chapter outlines the fall and rise of great women heroes who shattered all obstacles, rather than let those obstacles shatter them. The book offers hope to those undergoing their own Sisyphean struggles. Still I Rise embodies the strength of character of inspiring women. Each chapter will outline the fall and rise of great women heroes who smashed all obstacles, rather than let all obstacles smash them.

It embodies the strength of character of the inspiring women profiled. From the author of BEHIND EVERY GREAT MAN we now have Still I Rise, the inspiring stories of the women whose lives brought them.

History for TeensStill 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. an important book and a read that is nothing if not timely with current politics.' -FangirlNationA #1 Bestseller in 21st Century U.S. “'An incredible book about the strength of women.

Still I Rise by Marlene Wagman-Geller