A beautifully illustrated tome honouring 100 exceptional women dating back to 630BC’ Red A Stylist Must-read Book of 2018 This finely illustrated book is brimful of startling anecdotes about females who flouted traditional gender roles – Observer Short, snappy and inspiring, these mini biographies celebrate women who headed out into the world determined to make a difference – Psychologies Essential reading for anyone…this beautifully illustration collection…deserves to be framed in every woman’s living room – an inspiration for any situation – Diva In this luminous volume, New York Times bestselling writer Julia Pierpont and artist Manjit Thapp match short, vibrant and surprising biographies with stunning full-colour portraits of secular female ‘saints’: champions of strength and progress. These women broke ground, broke ceilings and broke moulds – including Maya Angelou – Jane Austen – Ruby Bridges – Rachel Carson – Shirley Chisholm – Hillary Clinton – Marie Curie & Irene Joliot Curie – Isadora Duncan – Amelia Earhart – Artemisia Gentileschi – Grace Hopper – Dolores Huerta – Frida Kahlo – Billie Jean King – Audre Lorde – Wilma Mankiller – Toni Morrison – Michelle Obama – Sandra Day O’Connor – Sally Ride – Eleanor Roosevelt – Margaret Sanger – Sappho – Nina Simone – Gloria Steinem – Kanno Sugako – Harriet Tubman – Mae West – Virginia Woolf – Malala Yousafzai Open to any page and find daily inspiration and lasting delight.