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Women daredevils : thrills, chills, and frills / by Cummins, Julie,author.(CARDINAL)365423; Harness, Cheryl,illustrator.(CARDINAL)755065;
Zazel: human cannonball in pink tights -- Annie Edson Taylor: queen of the mist -- Mlle. D'Zizi and Gertrude Breton: leapin' ladies -- Isabelle Butler and La Rague Sisters: loopy women drivers -- May Wirth: world's greatest bareback rider -- Georgia "Tiny" Broadwick: the doll girl of aviation -- Mabel Stark: the lady and the tiger -- Gladys Roy and Gladys Ingle: winsome wing walkers -- Mabel Cody: just plane stunts -- Sonora Webster Carver: the girl on the high-diving horse.Profiles daredevil women who broke with convention and the social norms of the late 1800s and early 1900s to perform their death-defying stunts and earn their due respect as equals to men in their risky professions.NC1140LAccelerated Reader ARLexile
Subjects: Biographies.; Women daredevils; Daredevils; Stunt performers; Women; Women daredevils.; Women.; Womyn.;
Available copies: 11 / Total copies: 13
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I've got you, babe / by Kendall, Karen.(CARDINAL)548538; Copyright Paperback Collection (Library of Congress)(CARDINAL)376993;
Subjects: Novels.; Romance fiction.; Daredevils; Women art historians; Women college teachers;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 3
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Women who dared : 52 fearless daredevils, adventurers, and rebels / by Skeers, Linda,author.(CARDINAL)346413; Gosling, Livi,illustrator.(CARDINAL)629529;
Includes bibliographical references and index.950LAccelerated Reader AR
Subjects: Biographies.; Women daredevils; Women adventurers; Adventure and adventurers; Women heroes; Dissenters; Women; Women.; Womyn.;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 3
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Women who dared : 52 stories of fearless daredevils, adventurers, & rebels / by Skeers, Linda,author.(CARDINAL)346413; Gosling, Livi,illustrator.(CARDINAL)629529;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 108-111) and index.Profiles fifty-two women in history who who have risked their lives for the sake of adventure, including Sophie Blanchard, Mary Anning, Minnie Spotted Wolf, and Alia Muhammad Baker.Daredevils. Anna Olga Albertina Brown -- Annie Edson Taylor -- Bessie Coleman -- Elinor Smith -- Florence Chadwick -- Georgia "Tiny" Broadwick -- Helen Gibson -- Lillian Boyer -- Lillian Leitzel -- Mary Lillian Ellison -- May Emmeline Wirth -- Mildred Burke -- Shirley Muldowney -- Sophie Blanchard -- Valentina Tereshkova -- Adventurers. Ada Blackjack -- Barbara Hillary -- Beatrice Ayettey -- Emma "Grandma" Gatewood -- Dr. Eugenie Clark -- Fanny Bullock Workman -- Ferminia Sarras -- Ida Lewis -- Jeanne Baret -- Joan Bamford Fletcher -- Junko Tabei -- Libby Riddles -- Lillian Riggs -- Margaret Bourke-White -- Mary Anning -- Mina Hubbard -- Rosaly Lopes -- Sylvia Earle -- Ynes Mexia -- Rebels. Alia Muhammad Baker -- Annette Kellerman -- Annie "Londonderry" Cohen Kopchovsky -- Belle Boyd -- Bessie Stringfield -- Ella Hattan -- Irena Sendler -- Johanna July -- Kate Warne -- Keiko Fukuda -- Lyda Conley -- Margaret "Molly" Tobin Brown -- Mary Edwards Walker -- Mary Fields -- Minnie Spotted Wolf -- Rose Fortune -- Susan la Flesche Picotte -- Sybil Ludington.950LAccelerated Reader AR
Subjects: Biographies.; Women daredevils; Women adventurers; Adventure and adventurers; Women heroes; Dissenters; Women; Women.; Womyn.;
Available copies: 6 / Total copies: 8
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Queen of the Falls / by Van Allsburg, Chris.(CARDINAL)323289;
Includes bibliographical references.Recounts how, at the turn of the nineteenth century, retired charm school teacher Annie Edson Taylor planned and executed her daring feat to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel, earning her the name "Queen of the Falls."1060LAccelerated Reader AR
Subjects: Biographies.; Taylor, Annie Edson, 1838-1921.; Taylor, Annie Edson, 1838-1921; Daredevils; Daredevils; Daredevils; Women daredevils; Women daredevils; Women daredevils; Women; Women.; Womyn.;
Available copies: 23 / Total copies: 24
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Queen of the Falls / by Van Allsburg, Chris.(CARDINAL)323289;
Includes bibliographical references.The story of Annie Edson Taylor, who in 1901 decided to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel.1060LAccelerated Reader AR
Subjects: Biographies.; Taylor, Annie Edson, 1838-1921; Daredevils; Women daredevils;
Available copies: 17 / Total copies: 24
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Queen of the Falls [sound recording] by Van Allsburg, Chris.(CARDINAL)323289; Goethals, Angela,narrator.; Recorded Books, LLC.;
Narrated by Angela Goethals.Van Allsburg highlights the death-defying attempt of 62-year-old former charm school teacher Annie Edson Taylor to be the first woman to survive the perilous plunge over Niagara Falls.7 years and up.
Subjects: Audiobooks.; Children's audiobooks.; Taylor, Annie Edson, 1838-1921; Daredevils; Women daredevils;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Women who dared. by Skeers, Linda,author.(CARDINAL)346413; Gosling, Livi,illustrator.(CARDINAL)629529;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 108-111) and index.Women Who Dared Volume 2 brings readers 52 MORE incredible stories of daredevils and adventurers from around the world for readers of all ages. Celebrate and be inspired by the amazing, outrageous stories of women! Women have been doing amazing, daring, and dangerous things for years, yet they're rarely mentioned in our history books as adventurers. This sequel of short biographies features women throughout history who have risked their lives for adventure--some of whom you may know, many of whom you may not know, but all of whom you'll WANT to know, like: Katherine Cheung, the first Chinese woman to obtain an international flying license Laura Dekker, the youngest person to sail around the world single-handedly Katharina Paulus, an exhibition parachute jumper and the inventor of the first collapsible parachute.
Subjects: Biographies.; Atkins, Anna, 1799-1871; Bate, Dorothea M. A. (Dorothea Minola Alice), 1878-1951; Dagg, Anne Innis; Davidson, Robyn, 1950-; Þuríður Einarsdóttir, 1777-1863; Galdikas, Biruté Marija Filomena; Koepcke, Juliane; Leroy, Catherine; Lowman, Margaret; Pfeiffer, Ida, 1797-1858; Rothschild, Miriam; Sinha, Arunima; Thayer, Helen; Villepreux-Power, Jeanne, 1794-1871; Alonso, Alicia, 1920-2019; Bleibtrey, Ethelda, 1902-1978; Chung, Margaret, 1889-1959; Daluge, Agnes Láckovič, 1928-; DePrince, Michaela; Desmond, Viola, 1914-1965; Finch, Florence Ebersole Smith, 1915-2017; Hemenway, Harriet; Hill, Julia Butterfly; Johnson, Mamie; Keelan, Jennifer, 1981-; Vieira, Marta, 1986-; Soto-Innes, Daniela; Seacole, Mary, 1805-1881; Wauneka, Annie Dodge, 1918-1997; Sandwina, Katie; Thible, Élisabeth, 1757-after 1784; Richter, Rossa Matilda, 1863-1937; Paulus, Käthchen, 1868-1935; Marvingt, Marie, 1875-1963; Dekker, Laura, 1995-; McGee, Patti; Nyad, Diana; O'Neil, Kitty; Women daredevils; Women adventurers; Women heroes; Dissenters; Adventure and adventurers; Women; Women daredevils;
Available copies: 5 / Total copies: 9
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Daredevil. by Zdarsky, Chip,writer.(CARDINAL)613883; Bachalo, Chris,artist.(CARDINAL)345812; Blee, Federico,colorist.(CARDINAL)603048; Cowles, Clayton,letterer.(CARDINAL)345817; De Latorre, Rafael,artist.(CARDINAL)356618; Delgado, Edgar,1976-colorist.(CARDINAL)340001; Giarrusso, Chris,author,artist.(CARDINAL)559557; Kotian, Siddharth,artist.; Nocenti, Ann,author.(CARDINAL)775578; Panosian, Dan,artist.(CARDINAL)549568; Raffaele, Stefano,1970-artist.(CARDINAL)603177; Rosenberg, Rachelle,colorist.(CARDINAL)597518; Shalvey, Declan,author.(CARDINAL)589722; Templeton, Ty,author,artist.(CARDINAL)663104;
"Elektra is the world's deadliest assassin -- but when she took on the mantle of Daredevil, she took a vow not to kill, Now that solemn promise is about to be put to the ultimate test. Kraven the Hunter has Elektra dead in his sights, and he has no reservations about murder! Battered, bruised and with her back to the wall, can Elektra find a way to honor Matt Murdock's code? And if so, will the Woman Without Fear be strong enough to survive the unexpected consequences of mercy? Plus: Celebrate one hundred issues of Elektra with a giant-size celebration full of thrills, chills, surprises and all-out ninja action" -- Back cover.T+
Subjects: Comics (Graphic works); Graphic novels.; Superhero comics.; Daredevil (Fictitious character from Marvel Comics Group); Elektra (Fictitious character : Miller); Women superheroes;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Echo : the saga of Maya Lopez / by Mack, David,1972-author,artist.(CARDINAL)340460; Haynes, Rob,artist.(CARDINAL)340007; Palmiotti, Jimmy,author.(CARDINAL)645491; Quesada, Joe,author,penciller.(CARDINAL)647543; Ross, Dave(Graphic novel artist),penciller.(CARDINAL)615750; Marvel Entertainment, LLC.(CARDINAL)340074; Marvel Worldwide, Inc.,publisher.(CARDINAL)796586;
"She is Echo. A deaf young Native American woman with the uncanny ability to assimilate the skills of others by sight. Dancing, piano playing - even hand-to-hand combat! Though Maya Lopez and Matt Murdock meet as seemingly kindred souls, their secret identities are very much at odds. For Maya is seeking vengeance against her father's killer - who the Kingpin claims is Daredevil! Can Matt clear his name before his new love becomes his executioner? With Echo's entire history defined by her quest for justice and revenge, can she make sense of the world when everything she thought she knew is called into question? And will a vision quest help her pick up the pieces of her shattered life?"--Back cover.
Subjects: Comics (Graphic works); Graphic novels.; Science fiction comics.; Superhero comics.; Fiction.; Daredevil (Fictitious character from Marvel Comics Group); Echo (Fictitious character); Kingpin (Fictitious character from Marvel Comics Group); Comic books, strips, etc.; Deaf women; Indian women; Indigenous peoples; Revenge; Vision quests; Women martial artists;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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