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Outrageous women of ancient times / Vicki León. |
| Authors: | León, Vicki. |
| Call number: | j920.72 LEO |
| Publisher: | New York : Wiley, 1998. |
| Publication date: | 1998. |
| Subject: |
Women -- History.
Civilization, Ancient. Juvenile literature. |
| Series title: | Outrageous women series |
| Title: | Outrageous women of ancient times / Vicki León. |
| Physical description: | ix, 118 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm. |
| Contents note: | 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 note: | 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 |
| Url for this record: | http://sherloc.imcpl.org/?itemid=|library/marc/dynix|344382 |
| Bib No.: | 344382 |