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nrthshgrl
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Famous Women in History with an edge to them...
My son is doing a project for school & has to do a biography on a famous woman.
He's not thrilled with the list his teacher gave & I suggested (JK Rowling?). He picked Bonnie Parker of Bonnie & Clyde. His teacher thought she was a singer & agreed.
When I told her who Bonnie Parker was & asked if it was ok to have someone infamous rather than famous, she agreed the point of the project was to be more positive about women.
He's not interested in Harriet Tubman (still an outlaw at the time, hailed as a civil rights heroine later on).
Any suggestions?
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CookiePuss
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Re: Famous Women in History with an edge to them...
Today just did a story on Ruth Gruber and what I heard of her story ...it sounds fascinating.
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| Posted 3/3/11 12:15 PM |
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heathergirl
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Re: Famous Women in History with an edge to them...
Eleanor Roosevelt
Alice Roosevelt Longworth
Mabel Normand
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bicosi
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Re: Famous Women in History with an edge to them...
How about Edith Cavell?
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| Posted 3/3/11 12:21 PM |
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Jonsgirl04
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Susan B Anthony
Saint Joan of Arc
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| Posted 3/3/11 12:21 PM |
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Otherme
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Re: Famous Women in History with an edge to them...
Amelia Earhart
Cleopatra
(p.s. i wouldn't say JK Rowling is 'historical' kwim? she's still around  )
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| Posted 3/3/11 12:37 PM |
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BigB
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Re: Famous Women in History with an edge to them...
Maya Angelou
Oprah Winfrey
Sally Ride
Elizabeth Blackwell
Ameila Earheart '
Melba Patillo Beales
Hillary Clinton
Patt Summit
Mother Theresa
Elizabeth Anne Seton
Sonia Sotomayor
Ursula Burns
marie Curie
jane Goodall
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nrthshgrl
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Re: Famous Women in History with an edge to them...
Posted by Otherme
(p.s. i wouldn't say JK Rowling is 'historical' kwim? she's still around )
True. I guess it doesn't have to be historical since a lot of the kids are picking singers. I even suggested Yoko Ono because he's a Beatle fan. I think I'm just going to force someone on him.
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heathergirl
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Re: Famous Women in History with an edge to them...
Oooh!!! Elinor Smith!!! She was an aviatrix in the 20s and 30s. She was from Freeport and became the youngest female pilot at age 16.
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nrthshgrl
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Re: Famous Women in History with an edge to them...
Thanks for the suggestions! I'll take a look & see what I can get him to do.
That line between "influence" & "too bad, you're doing what I say" is a thin one.  
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| Posted 3/3/11 1:00 PM |
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brownie
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Re: Famous Women in History with an edge to them...
Rosa Parks
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| Posted 3/3/11 1:11 PM |
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fight the future
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Re: Famous Women in History with an edge to them...
How about Sacajawea?
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| Posted 3/3/11 1:19 PM |
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SlurpeeDad
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Re: Famous Women in History with an edge to them...
Annika Sorenstam (that is the golfer in me talking)
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debidonnamom
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Re: Famous Women in History with an edge to them...
I read about Harriet Beecher Stowe, and and felt she was an interesting person!! Mary
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Michelle1123
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Re: Famous Women in History with an edge to them...
I am obsessed with royal history, so myabe Queen Elizabeth or even Catherine of Aragaon....
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| Posted 3/3/11 2:05 PM |
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DRMom
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Rosa Parks
Joan of Arc
Anne Boleyn(not sure if that fits her theme)
Anne Frank
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cateyemm
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Re: Famous Women in History with an edge to them...
Dorothy Parker- i dont know how old your son is- her life history might be a bit indecent but I love her writing and she definitely has an "edge"
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CathyB
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Re: Famous Women in History with an edge to them...
Julia Child, he might be interested in focusing on her work as a spy in WWII.
I'll keep trying to think of women with a sort of dangerous yet law abiding side, lol.
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fight the future
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Re: Famous Women in History with an edge to them...
Posted by CathyB
Julia Child, he might be interested in focusing on her work as a spy in WWII.
I'll keep trying to think of women with a sort of dangerous yet law abiding side, lol.
Ooh I like this!
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Re: Famous Women in History with an edge to them...
FRIDA KAHLO....Such an interesting woman and life - painter
Gertrude Ederle - first woman to swim across the English Channel (and whipped the men's record)
Annette Kellerman - an Australian swimmer who designed her own swimsuits to *gasp* not have legs on them!
Eleanor Roosevelt - my hero
Marian Anderson - Was denied singing at Constitutional hall b/c she was black, so she had her famous concert on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial
Coco Chanel - another cool woman
Ruby Bridges - one of the first African-Americans to go to an intergrated southern school.
Wilma Rudolph - from polio to the world's fastest woman
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dpli
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Katherine Graham
Marie Curie
Margaret Mead
Jane Goodall
Dorothy Day
Sally Ride
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Ophelia
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remember, when Gulliver traveled....
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Re: Famous Women in History with an edge to them...
wait, WHO thought that Bonnie was a singer?
I would say for sure
Joan of Arc
Ann Boelyn
Mata Hari
Scheherazade (she is techically not real though)
Message edited 3/3/2011 4:34:30 PM.
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nrthshgrl
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Re: Famous Women in History with an edge to them...
Posted by Ophelia
wait, WHO thought that Bonnie was a singer?
The teacher. I know, I know. The woman should remember..she may be from the 1900s
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colesmom
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Re: Famous Women in History with an edge to them...
Dian Fossey - the Gorillas in the Mist author or Jane Goodall the chimp lady
Margaret Meade
Ayn Rand
Dorothy Day
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Mary Wollstonecraft
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She thought she was a singer. 
Message edited 3/3/2011 7:47:45 PM.
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