Girls in Shining Armor (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9798899616488)

What if girls did not wait to be rescued?

What if they built, created, led, and changed the world all on their own?

Girls in Shining Armor: Book 1 brings together 12 true stories of extraordinary women from around the world.

Created the first animated feature film

Built the world's second hydroelectric power plant

Pioneered modern software engineering

Founded the world's oldest continually operating university

Became the world's first female admiral

Each story begins with the traits these women showed as children, and shows how those same traits grew into courage, leadership, and change.

For ages 9-14 (Girls and Boys) 12 true stories