HerStory: 50 women and girls who shook up the world

Introduction

Believe & lead. Elizabeth 1 ; Joan of Arc ; Indira Gandhi ; Theresa Kachindamoto ; Empress Wu Zetian ; Harriet Tubman ; Boudicca ; Hatshepsut ; Isabella I ; Sacagawea

Imagine & create. Frida Kahlo ; Beatrix Potter ; Coco Chanel ; Billie Holiday ; Anna Pavlova ; Mirabai ; Maya Angelou ; Georgia O'Keeffe ; Emily Bronte ; Sarah Bernhardt

Help & heal. Florence Nightingale ; Helen Keller ; Annie Sullivan ; Mary Seacole ; Shirin Ebadi ; Maria Montessori ; Mother Teresa ; Wangari Maathai ; Elizabeth Blackwell ; Eva Peron

Think & solve. Marie Curie ; Rachel Carson ; Ada Lovelace ; Hypatia ; Rosalind Franklin ; Mary Anning ; Katherine Johnson ; Dorothy Hodgkin ; Dian Fossey ; Valentina Tereshkova

Hope & overcome. Malala Yousafzai ; Rigoberta Menchu ; Amelia Earhart ; Hannah Szenes ; Rosa Parks ; Noor Inayat Khan ; Emmeline Pankhurst ; Cathy Freeman ; Sophie Scholl ; Anne Frank

When they were born

Glossary

Index

Chapter explanations.