Description
This is your history. You ruled kingdoms. You discovered dinosaurs. You broke Olympic records. You rocked the world. Girls Who Rocked the World tells the incredible stories of thirty—three real girls, past and present, from all around the world, who achieved amazing feats and changed history before reaching their twenties. Get to know girls like Joan of Arc, a seventeen—year—old French girl who led troops against armies of English invaders. She defeated the English and rescued her country. Phillis Wheatley, an African—American slave who became the first black woman to have her poetry published – when she was also just seventeen years old. Cristen Powell, who learned to drag—race when she was sixteen years old. She is the youngest person to earn a number one qualifying position and the youngest female drag—racing Winner in history. So how are you going to rock the world?
