Bad Girls: Sirens, Jezebels, Murderesses, Thieves and Other Female Villains

by Heidi E.Y. Stemple and Jane Yolen

Book Overview

From Jezebel to Catherine the Great, from Cleopatra to Mae West, from Mata Hari to Bonnie Parker, strong women have been a problem for historians, storytellers, and readers. Strong females smack of the unfeminine. They have been called wicked, wanton, and willful. Sometimes that is a just designation, but just as often it is not. "Well-behaved women seldom make history," is the frequently quoted statement by historian and feminist Laurel Thatcher...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1580891861
• ISBN13: 9781580891868
• Release Date: September 2015
• Publisher: Charlesbridge Publishing
• Length: 172 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 9 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 4 to 7