Visionary Women

Description:

This is the story of four visionaries who profoundly shaped the world we live in today. Together, these women showed what one person speaking truth to power can do. With a keen eye for historical detail, Andrea Barnet traces the arc of each woman's career and explores how their work collectively changed the course of history. Consummate outsiders, each prevailed against powerful and mostly male adversaries while also anticipating the disaffections of the emerging counterculture.

subjects: Community activists,  Restaurateurs,  Primatologists,  Conservationists,  Biologists,  Environmentalists,  Cooks,  Women cooks,  Women scientists,  Women conservationists,  Biography,  Women,  Carson, rachel, 1907-1964,  Jacobs, jane, 1916-2006,  Goodall, jane, 1934-,  Women, biography,  Cooks, biography,  Women scientists, biography,  Women, biography, juvenile literature

People: Alice Waters,  Jane Goodall (1934-),  Jane Jacobs (1916-2006),  Rachel Carson (1907-1964)

Places: United States,  New York (State),  England,  New York