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Outrageous women of ancient times /
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| Author |
León, Vicki.
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| Call Number |
j920.72 LEO |
| Publisher |
New York : Wiley, |
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Subject
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Women -- History.
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Civilization, Ancient.
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Juvenile literature.
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| Title Statement |
Outrageous women of ancient times / Vicki León. |
| Description |
ix, 118 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm. |
| Contents |
Iaia of Cyzicus -- Hortensia of Rome -- Locusta of Gaul -- Sappho of Lesbos -- Hipparchia of Athens -- Hedea, Tryphosa, and Dionysia of Tralles -- Hatshepsut of Thebes -- Cleopatra Seven of Egypt and Cleopatra Selene of Mauretania -- Mary Prophetissa of Alexandria -- Deborah and Jael of Israel -- Zenobia of Palmyra -- Enheduana of Sumer -- Semiramis of Assyria -- Pan Chao of China -- Trung Trac and Trung Nhi of Vietnam. |
| Summary |
Recounts the stories of bold, notorious, or successful women in such early cultures as ancient Greece, Mesopotamia, and China. |
| ISBN |
0471170062 (pbk. : alk. paper) : |
| LCCN |
97010836 /AC |
| Hold Requests |
0 |
| Bib No. |
344382 |
