Rejected Princesses: Tales of History's Boldest Heroines, Hellions, and Heretics (Hardcover)

from MickyFine

As a former animator at Dreamworks, Porath once spent a lunch hour with co-workers brainstorming all the awesome historical and mythical women who were least likely to be made a Disney princess. Out of that session, Porath's brainchild of Rejected Princesses was born. Starting initially as a webs...

from Rubygarnet

Absolutely stellar collection of stories of women who Did Things. I bought the sequel Tough Mothers but gave it away to a teacher friend because it was SO FULL of glorious education and beautiful art.

from

I must say that I was following this on Tumblr before the author got a book deal. This is a great look at women throughout history and not just the few famous names you might have heard mentioned. I read the book to see if it was appropriate for my young nieces and I might hold off a bit since th...

from MickyFine

As a former animator at Dreamworks, Porath once spent a lunch hour with co-workers brainstorming all the awesome historical and mythical women who were least likely to be made a Disney princess. Out of that session, Porath's brainchild of Rejected Princesses was born. Starting initially as a webs...

from Rubygarnet

Absolutely stellar collection of stories of women who Did Things. I bought the sequel Tough Mothers but gave it away to a teacher friend because it was SO FULL of glorious education and beautiful art.