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The Little Book of Feminist Saints by Julia Pierpont and Manjit Thapp

Title: The Little Book of Feminist Saints

Author: Julia Pierpont and Manjit Thapp

Publisher: Random House 2018

Genre: History; Women's Studies

Pages: 190

Rating: 5/5 stars

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In this luminous volume, New York Times bestselling writer Julia Pierpont and artist Manjit Thapp match short, vibrant, and surprising biographies with stunning portraits of secular female “saints”: champions of strength and progress. These women broke ground, broke ceilings, and broke molds—including

Random pick off of the library's new books shelf. I am surprised that I have at least heard of every single woman featured. I did learn more about a few of the women (mostly non-Americans), but overall enjoyed reading each entry. Plus, the illustrations are just beautiful.

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