Ladies First: 40 Daring American Women who Were Second to None
- ISBN-10
- 0792253930
- ISBN-13
- 9780792253938
- Series
- Ladies First
- Category
- Biography & Autobiography
- Pages
- 192
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2006
- Publisher
- National Geographic Books
- Author
- Elizabeth Cody Kimmel
Description
Profiles forty women who were the first to do incredible feats, from swimming the English Channel to reaching the summit of Mt. Everest.
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