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Brazen : rebel ladies who rocked the world / Pénélope Bagieu.

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General Note:	"Originally published in French by Gallimard in 2016 as Culottées: Des femmes qui ne font que ce qu'elles veulent, tome I and in 2017 as Culottées: Des femmes qui ne font que ce qu'elles veulent, tome II"--Copyright page.
Formatted Contents Note:	Clémentine Delait, bearded lady -- Nzinga, Queen of Ndongo and Matamba -- Margaret Hamilton, terrifying actress -- Las Mariposas, rebel sisters -- Josephina van Gorkum, obstinate lover -- Lozen, warrior and shaman -- Annette Kellerman, mermaid -- Delia Akeley, explorer -- Josephine Baker, dancer, French Resistance fighter, matriarch -- Tove Jansson, painter, creator of trolls -- Agnodice, gynecologist -- Leymah Gbowee, social worker -- Giorgina Reid, lighthouse keeper -- Christine Jorgensen, reluctant celebrity -- Wu Zetian, empress -- Temple Grandin, animal whisperer -- Sonita Alizadeh, rapper -- Cheryl Bridges, athlete -- Thérèse Clerc, utopian realist -- Betty Davis, singer-songwriter -- Nellie Bly, journalist -- The Shaggs, rock stars -- Katia Krafft, volcanologist -- Jesselyn Radack, lawyer -- Hedy Lamarr, actress and inventor -- Naziq al-Abid, activist aristocrat -- Frances Glessner Lee, crime miniaturist -- Mae Jemison, astronaut -- Peggy Guggenheim, lover of modern art.
Language Note:	In English, translated from the French.