Description
En este luminoso volumen, la exitosa escritora del The New York Times, Julia Pierpont, y la artista Manjit Thapp combinan biograf as breves, vibrantes y sorprendentes con preciosos retratos de "santas" seculares, campeonas de la fuerza y el progreso: mujeres que sacudieron la tierra, rompieron techos e hicieron explotar los moldes. Entre ellas, se encuentran: Nina Simone - Jane Austen - Amelia Earhart - Frida Kahlo - Michelle Obama - Sonia Sotomayor - Pussy Riot - Rosario Castellanos - Yayoi Kusama - Las hermanas Bront - Victoria Ocampo - Simone de Beauvoir - Safo - Emily Dickinson - Sor Juana In s de la Cruz - Madonna ENGLISH DESCRIPTION This beautifully illustrated collection honoring one hundred exceptional "feminist saints" throughout history is sure to inspire women and men alike. "A new set of role models and heroes--'matron saints'--for the feminist future."
--The New York Times Book Review "The women in this book . . . blazed trails where none existed before."--The Guardian In this luminous volume, New York Times bestselling writer Julia Pierpont and artist Manjit Thapp match short, vibrant, and surprising biographies with stunning full-color portraits of secular female "saints" champions of strength and progress. These women broke ground, broke ceilings, and broke molds--including: Nina Simone - Jane Austen - Amelia Earhart - Frida Kahlo - Michelle Obama - Sonia Sotomayor - Pussy Riot - Rosario Castellanos - Yayoi Kusama - Las hermanas Bront - Victoria Ocampo - Simone de Beauvoir - Safo - Emily Dickinson - Sor Juana In s de la Cruz - Madonna Open to any page and find daily inspiration and lasting delight.
Author: Julia Pierpont
Publisher: Grijalbo
Published: 10/22/2019
Pages: 208
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.30w x 0.80d
ISBN13: 9786073181891
ISBN10: 6073181892
Language: Spanish
BISAC Categories:
- History | Women
- Biography & Autobiography | Women
- Social Science | Feminism & Feminist Theory
@manjitthapp
--The New York Times Book Review "The women in this book . . . blazed trails where none existed before."--The Guardian In this luminous volume, New York Times bestselling writer Julia Pierpont and artist Manjit Thapp match short, vibrant, and surprising biographies with stunning full-color portraits of secular female "saints" champions of strength and progress. These women broke ground, broke ceilings, and broke molds--including: Nina Simone - Jane Austen - Amelia Earhart - Frida Kahlo - Michelle Obama - Sonia Sotomayor - Pussy Riot - Rosario Castellanos - Yayoi Kusama - Las hermanas Bront - Victoria Ocampo - Simone de Beauvoir - Safo - Emily Dickinson - Sor Juana In s de la Cruz - Madonna Open to any page and find daily inspiration and lasting delight.
Author: Julia Pierpont
Publisher: Grijalbo
Published: 10/22/2019
Pages: 208
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.30w x 0.80d
ISBN13: 9786073181891
ISBN10: 6073181892
Language: Spanish
BISAC Categories:
- History | Women
- Biography & Autobiography | Women
- Social Science | Feminism & Feminist Theory
About the Author
Julia Pierpont es la autora del bestseller del The New York Times, Among the Ten Thousand Things, ganador del Prix Fitzgerald en Francia. Se graduó en Barnard College y en el programa de la maestría de bellas artes de la New York University. Sus escritos han aparecido en The Guardian, The New Yorker, The New York Times Book Review y Guernica. Vive y enseña en Nueva York.
@juliapierpont
@manjitthapp