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4.0

I've been hearing this book was good for at least a year, but I was put off by the title and cover, which didn't really give me any idea of what to expect inside. Finally got it from the library to discover a series of short, witty, beautifully drawn comic biographies of women from all shorts of professions, backgrounds and eras. I think I had already read a couple of them online at one point or another. Some of the ones that really stood out to me where Margaret Hamilton, the actress who played the Wicked Witch of the West; Las Mariposas, political rebels from the Dominican Republic; Josephone Baker, dancer and french resistance fighter; Tove Jansson, creator of The Moomintrolls; Wu Zetian, Empress of China in the 700s; Sonita Alizadeh, rapper; Nellie Bly, journalist; and astronaut Mae Jemison. Definitely worth a read; I still wish it had a different cover.