• Age: 9 to 12
• Grade: 4 to 8
• Reading age: 9 to 12

Since the days of ancient Egypt, women have demonstrated their skills as leaders. The last copule of hundred years, however, have seen increasing numbers of self-made women of distinction take their place on the world stage, many in positions of leadershi

Heather Ball is a professional writer and editor. She has written three other books in the Women’s Hall of Fame Series: Remarkable Women Writers, Magnificent Women in Music, and Great Women Leaders, which was named an American Library Association Amelia Bloomer Project Recommended Read for 2005. She is a graduate of the Humber School for Writers in Toronto, and in 2003 she was named Centennial College’s first-ever Writer of the Year. She lives and works in Toronto.

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• Short-listed, Amelia Bloomer Project's Best Feminist Books for Young Readers (ALA)

The book continues the series' work of filling in the gaps of traditional history with the stories of influential women.

Quill & Quire

For ages nine to 13, but should prove fascinating to women of any age.

Burnaby NOW

Ball writes with enthusiasm and interest and makes each life real and appealing for both elementary and secondary students.

Professionally Speaking (Ontario College of Teachers)