We travel through continents, history and occupations to realise the legacy of this selection of little leaders. She and her sister used their education and their inheritance ‘ to help their community‘. The first woman she profiles is Fatima Al-Fihri who lived in what is now Morocco during the ninth century. (Penguin Random House) Little Leaders Visionary Women Around the World is the latest addition to Vashti Harrison’s biographical series. Bookwagon is happy to welcome this title aboard! She includes an additional selection of leading women at this point too, including some household names!īiographies like Little Leaders Visionary Women Around the World are valuable reading material, alongside being informative and motivational. Thereafter she includes a glossary of terms used within the biography to help readers understand the settings of her subjects. What a rich field of strength, resilience and example!Īlongside a single page biography, Vashti Harrison includes a trademark illustration. There are activists and campaigners like Mahasweta Devi and Wangari Maathai, designers, inventors and astronomers. Thereafter we learn of creators like writer Toni Morrison, art director and designer Eiko Ishioka or painter Esther Mahlangu. We travel from China and scientist Flossie Wong Staal who identified and worked upon, HIV, ‘ the cause of AIDS. Vashti Harrison brings us a wealth of inspiration and information in Little Leaders Visionary Women Around the World.
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