![]() ![]() Adhering to this unifying theme, Bagieu accomplishes what other group bios generally attempt with less success: compelling readers to want to know more. Bagieu’s subjects, drawn from her recent French publications and blog and coming from a wide variety of places and eras, garnered acclaim or provoked scandal, died peacefully or violently, won or lost at love, made war or made peace-but all shared a resolve to pursue their own interests on their own terms. What connects these and twenty-three other women in Bagieu’s graphic compendium? They all made a mark on society by being, foremost, true to themselves. A pioneering gynecologist/midwife from fourth century BCE Athens (Agnodice) a twentieth-century character actress (Margaret Hamilton) a ruthless Chinese empress (Wu Zetian) an early transgender celebrity (Christine Jorgensen) Dominican sisters martyred for anti-Trujillo activism (the Mirabals) talentless American sisters performing in a rock band (The Shaggs). ![]()
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