She Persisted Around theWorld: 13 Women Who Changed History by Chelsea Clinton (2018), has brief biographies of women who challenged cultural expectations. Double spaced ITC Kennerley font respects the young reader with an academic, yet readable, appearance. These famous females won battles in schooling, science, voting, civil rights, medicine, law, soccer, war, and dance around the world. Leymah Gbowee of Liberia said, “The more I did, the more I could do, the more I wanted to do, the more I saw needed to be done.”
Alexandra Boiger’s illustrations “were done in watercolor and ink on Fabriano paper, then edited in Photoshop.” A special touch are quotes from each woman.
