{"product_id":"rad-women-worldwide-isbn-9780399578861","title":"Rad Women Worldwide","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eEducational and inspirational, this gift-worthy \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestseller from the authors of \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eRad American Women A-Z,\u003c\/i\u003e is \u003c\/b\u003ea bold, illustrated collection of 40 biographical profiles showcasing extraordinary women from across the globe.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eRad Women Worldwide\u003c\/i\u003e tells fresh, engaging, and amazing tales of perseverance and radical success by pairing well-researched and riveting biographies with powerful and expressive cut-paper portraits. The book features an array of diverse figures from 430 BCE to 2016, spanning 31 countries around the world, from Hatshepsut (the great female king who ruled Egypt peacefully for two decades) and Malala Yousafzi (the youngest person to win the Nobel Peace Prize) to Poly Styrene (legendary teenage punk and lead singer of X-Ray Spex) and Liv Arnesen and Ann Bancroft (polar explorers and the first women to cross Antarctica).  An additional 250 names of international rad women are also included as a reference for readers to continue their own research.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis progressive and visually arresting book is a compelling addition to women's history and belongs on the shelf of every school, library, and home. Together, these stories show the immense range of what women have done and can do. May we all have the courage to be rad!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor teachers, this book is appropriate for grades 6-8 and could be used in either Social Studies or English classes, or as part of a text for a multidisciplinary unit. It can also be used as a Common Core text for grades 6-8 Social Studies\/History - CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RH.6-8.1-10.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eWelcome to RAD women worldwide! 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEnheduanna 2\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Mesopotamia\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMalala YousAfzai 4\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Pakistan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eKalpana Chawla 8\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e India\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAung San Suu Kyi 10\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Burma\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eQiu Jin 12\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e China\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJunko Tabei 14\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Japan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFe Del Mundo 16\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Philippines\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDame Katerina Te Heikōkō Mataira 18\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e New Zealand\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFaith Bandler 20\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Australia\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLiv Arnesen and Ann Bancroft 22\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNorway \u0026amp; 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Lots to learn about in fields of science, medicine, mountain climbing, the arts, literature, and much more. Every story is eye-opening, whether the woman profiled is widely known or previously unknown outside her home country.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e—\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eCommon Sense Media\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"For an excellent new book about 40 pioneering women who challenged their societies' limitations on women, we highly recommend \u003ci\u003eRad Women Worldwide\u003c\/i\u003e for ages 10 and up.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Mighty Girl \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Imagine learning history right the first time, without ever having to unlearn all the lies and omissions. RAD WOMEN WORLDWIDE lifts the doom—maybe this is, in fact, a wonderful time to grow up.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eMiranda July, artist, writer, and filmmaker \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This book needs to be in every school, library, and home.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Margaret Cho, comedian\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\"A work of astounding beauty and urgent importance. The enthralling stories of these brave, amazing women\u003cb\u003e—\u003c\/b\u003eand the stunning illustrations that accompany them\u003cb\u003e—\u003c\/b\u003eare sure to move and inspire kids and adults alike. We all need this book: girls, boys, mothers, fathers, educators, engaged citizens\u003cb\u003e—\u003c\/b\u003ereally, all of us who care about a more just and balanced world. Thank goodness I don't have to raise my daughter and son without it!\" \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Novelist Carolina de Robertis, author of THE GODS OF TANGO\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"How do you help young girls change the universe? Show them the women who have already done it! This beautiful book shows girls (and boys) the power and importance of each person who decides to make a difference.  A celebration of smart, brave, tough, creative, kind, beautiful, hopeful, and wise women!\"\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e–Andrea Beaty, author of \u003ci\u003eRosie Revere Engineer \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eIggy Peck Architect\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Our history books are filled with incredible stories of heroes and rebels, villains and visionaries, but too often it’s men who occupy all the starring roles. RAD WOMEN WORLDWIDE boldly challenges the male-dominated version of history we’ve been sold, offering us a new vision of the past that brings women out of the historical shadows. In these pages, women are made visible at every step of humanity’s journey, across continents and generations, revealing that often we, too, have dared to change the world.\" \u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eAnita Sarkeesian, \u003ci\u003eFeminist Frequency\u003c\/i\u003e founder and feminist media critic\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"In past generations, a globe was an essential gift for any child, a way for her\/him\/them to sense the wide, round scope of the world without even having to travel. RAD WOMEN WORLDWIDE is this moment's equivalent of the globe--a gift that will help every child understand the world they share with powerful women everywhere.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eSarah Jones, Tony-Award winning performer, poet, and UNICEF ambassador \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Schatz and Stahl are a pair of 21st century Howard Zinns, making the Western canon bawl with this mindblowing, history-expanding, beautifully executed roll call of badass women past and present. Our daughters and son need this book, and so do their parents.\"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e—\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eAdam Mansbach, #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eGo the F**k to Sleep \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Wow! Like it's predecessor, \u003ci\u003eRad American Women A to Z\u003c\/i\u003e, this wonderful book is a browser's delight. Dipping into every story, examining the blunt, bright woodcuts, brings singular pleasures. There are woman to discover and woman to rediscover. And the best part? A long list of more woman to learn about winding it up. Daring to hope there will be more Rad Women books.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Karen Cruze, Santa Clarita Public Library\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Their second well-researched collection of gorgeously detailed paper-cut illustrations is accessible to young readers but fascinating for grown-ups, too. Rad women in this collection are humble, brilliant and theatrical.\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eThey pursue human rights as well as women's rights.\" \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Cheryl Krocker McKeon, manager, Book Passage, San Francisco, in Shelf Awareness\u003c\/b\u003eKATE SCHATZ is a feminist writer, educator, editor, and the author of the 33 1\/3 book \u003ci\u003eRid of Me: A Story\u003c\/i\u003e. She is the co-founder and leader of Solidarity Sundays, a nationwide network of feminist activist groups committed to resistance and justice. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e MIRIAM KLEIN STAHL is an artist, educator, and activist. They are the author and illustrator, respectively, of \u003ci\u003eRad American Women A-Z \u003c\/i\u003eand both live in the San Francisco Bay Area.\u003cb\u003eFrida Kahlo\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e July 6, 1907 – July 13, 1954 (Coyoacán, Mexico)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “I am happy to be alive as long as I can paint.”\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e It seems like everyone today knows who Frida Kahlo is, but that wasn’t always the case. Like so many women artists throughout history, Frida didn’t gain the recognition she deserved until many years after her death. When she died in 1954, the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e obituary headline read “Frida Kahlo, Artist, Diego Rivera’s Wife.” This was how she was known for a long time: as the strange wife of famous muralist Diego Rivera. She’s now considered one of the greatest artists of the 20th century. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMagdalena Carmen Frieda Kahlo y Calderón was born just before the outbreak of the Mexican Revolution. She lived in La Casa Azul, a small house that her father painted blue. When she was six she came down with polio, which left her right leg permanently disfigured. To help it heal, her father encouraged her to exercise and play sports, but she always had a prominent limp. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrida didn’t plan to be an artist—she wanted to be a doctor, and she studied medicine at one of Mexico’s finest schools. Everything changed when she was in a bus accident at age 18. She was severely injured and spent months in a full-body cast. Isolated and in pain, she began to paint. Her mother made her an easel she could use while lying down, and her father shared his oil paints. She experimented with bright colors that reminded her of traditional Mexican folk art. The small self-portraits that she created helped her process her traumatic accident. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrida eventually showed four of her pieces to the artist Diego Rivera, whom she adored. “You’ve got talent,” he told her, and it was true. Her paintings were deeply personal, yet they combined elements of Mexican art, classical European painting, and newer Surrealist works. She and Diego eventually married and became part of a thriving Mexican art scene. It was a male-dominated scene but Frida also encountered women like singer Chavela Vargas, muralist Fanny Rabel, and photographer Lola Alvarez Bravo (the first and only person to exhibit Frida’s paintings in Mexico during her lifetime). \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrida remained relatively obscure until the 1980s, when a biography about her got people’s attention. Feminist and Latina artists began to celebrate her work, and she became a cultural icon, now more well known than Diego. Frida’s life was painful, and she created over 140 paintings that reflected it. Unlike many other artists at the time, Frida didn’t paint landscapes or abstract shapes: she painted her real, pained self. She celebrated her flaws, her fears, her country, and her desires and she did it beautifully.","brand":"Ten Speed Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46302404706533,"sku":"NP9780399578861","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780399578861.jpg?v=1767735336","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/rad-women-worldwide-isbn-9780399578861","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}