Ahead of Their Time: A Biographical Dictionary of Risk-taking Women
- ISBN-10
- 0313316600
- ISBN-13
- 9780313316609
- Category
- Biography & Autobiography / Women
- Pages
- 312
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2002
- Publisher
- Greenwood Publishing Group
- Author
- Joyce Duncan
Description
A unique collection of profiles of 75 daring women who pushed ahead with the spirit of adventure and made pioneering contributions on land, in the sea and in the skies.
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