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The Usborne Book of Famous Women, from Nefertiti to Thatcher, is currently out of print but you can still buy the Famous Women Puzzle from the Usborne Books website. It is even on sale. Famous Women Puzzle is a 550 piece color jigsaw puzzle that can be turned into a game as well as puzzle. It comes with an answer key that provides clues and answers to the questions in the puzzle and suggestions for game play. A lot of information provided by the Famous Women Puzzle come from the Usborne Book of Famous Women by Richard Dungworth and Philippa Wingate, designed by Linda Penny and illustrated by Nicholas Hewetson. The maps in the book are by Jeremy Gower.

This book is an essential guide to the women who have changed our world. From spies to fashion designers and scientists to actresses, photographs and detailed illustrations bring to life the thrills and exploits of heroines throughout history. It is great for children between the ages of 9 and 12  years old. There is a lot to read and it is a great quick reference book for anyone of any ages. It is a great history book.

Content of Usborne Book of Famous Women

• Introduction
• The first great women leaders (Queen Hatshepsut of Egypt, Queen Nefertiti or Neferneferuaten, Theodora, Queen Isabella of Castile, German Princess Sophia of Anhalt-Zerbst or Catherine the Great or Russia)
• Modern leaders (Golda Meir, Indira Gandhi, Evita, Margaret Thatcher the Iron Lady, Cory Aquino)
• Female fighters (Boudicca Queen of British tribe, Hua Mu-Lan, Jeanne d'Arc of Domremy Village of France, Jinga Mbandi of Ndongo, Kit Cavanagh)
• Reformers (Elizabeth Fry, Isabella Van Wagener, Carry Nation, Jane Addams, Maria Montessori)
• Revolutionaries (Manon Roland, Alexandra Kollontai, Rosa Luxemburg, Constance Markiewiecz, Aung San Suu Kyi)
• Women helping women (Hortensia, Emmeline Pankhurt and her daughter Christabel, Ch'iu Chin, Margaret Sanger, Simone de Beauvoir)
• Robbers and rogues (Mary Frith, Belle Starr, Margarete Zelle, Bonnie Parker, Phoolan Devi the Beautiful Robber)
• Brave and bold women (Harriet Tubman, Lakshmi Bai of Indian state of Jhansi, Helen Keller, Gladys Aylward, Violette Szabo)
• Notorious women (Lucrezia Borgia, Mary Tudor or Bloody Mary, Madeleine Smith, Lizzie Borden, Ulrike Meinhof)
• Caregivers (Dr. James Barry or Miranda Stewart, Florence Nightingale, Mary Seacole, Edith Cavell, Agnes Bojaxhiu or Mother Theresa)
• The power behind the throne (Tz'u-hsi the Old Buddha, Eleanor Roosevelt, Jackie Kennedy, Winnie "Nomzamo" Mandela, Princess Diana)
• Adventures abroad (Egyptian Queen Hatshepsut, Mary Kingsley, Alexandra David-Neel, Gertrude Bell, Dame Freya Stark)
• All at sea (Anne Bonney, Grace Darling Amazing Grace, Gertrude Ederle, Naomi James)
• Aviators and astronauts (Madame Thible, Madame Therese Peltier, Amelia Earhart, Amy Johnson, Hanna Reitsch, Valentina Tereshkova)
• Leading ladies (Clara Wiech Schumann, Sarah Bernhardt the Divine Sarah, Annie Oakley Little Sure Shot, Anna Pavlova, Maria Callas)
• Women and words (Sappho, Christine de Pisan, The Brontes, Charlotte Bronte, Emily Bronte, Anne Bronte, Anne Frank, Maya Angelou)
• Creative genius (Artemisia Gentileschi, Leni Riefenstahl, Barbara Hepworth, Bridget Riley, Paula Rego)
• Scientific minds (Caroline Herschel, Ada Countess of Lovelace, Marie Sklodowska or Marie Curie, Rosalind Franklin, Barbara McClintock)
• Great businesswomen (Eli Whitney, Marie Tussaud or Madame Tussaud, Nicole-Barbe Cliquot-Ponsardin, Gabrielle Chanel also known as Coco Chanel, Anita Roddick the Body Shop)
• Sporting success (Sonja Henie, Mildred Didrikson or Babe, Dawn Fraser, Olga Korbut, Martina Navratilova)
• Media stars (Mary Pickford, Marilyn Monroe, Lata Mangeshkar, Madonna, Supermodels)
• A list of female first (from 2700 BC to AD to 1994), and
• Index

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	Colour illustrations and an interesting narrative provide an insight into the men and women behind the great scientific discoveries that changed the world. Age group 8 plus.

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