Get To Know 100 ‘Bad Girls Throughout History’
Being the first in anything is hard. Being the first woman in anything is harder.
Do you know the name of the first female pirate? The first self-made female millionaire? The first female professional writer? For that matter, can you name the women who pioneered computer programming, Wi-Fi, and traveling over Niagara Falls in a barrel?
Ching Shih was the first female pirate. Madame C.J. Walker the first self-made female millionaire. Aphra Behn was the first female professional writer. As for the first computer programmer, the inventor of Wi-Fi, and the first person to survive a barrel trip over the falls — at age 63? Those honors belong to Ada Lovelace, Hedy Lamarr, and Anna Edson Taylor, respectively.
These women, and many more like them, are featured in Los-Angeles based illustrator Ann Shen’s aptly-titled book, Bad Girls Throughout History: 100 Remarkable Women Who Changed the World. More than an illuminating history lesson, the book serves as inspiration for the modern female or female-identifying person, while challenging pervasive gender myths.
