Lonely Planet In Her Footsteps: Where Trailblazing Women Changed the World

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Discover the lives and locations of trailblazing women who changed the course of history as you journey to the heart of women's activism, history and creativity through the ages.
From the temple of Queen Hatshepsut in Egypt and Empress Dowager Cixi's summer palace in Beijing, to the homes and meeting sites of suffragette heroes Sylvia Pankhurst and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, the creative workrooms of Frida Kahlo and Virginia Woolf, and the tennis courts where the Williams sisters first learned to play - we showcase female pioneers whose lives and actions continue to inspire today.
In Her Footsteps is not only a celebration of incredible women, but a travel guide to the places where they studied, lived, worked, reigned and explored. We'll tell you where to find the secret feminist history of sites around the world.
Activists include:
Emily Wilding Davison, Epsom Downs, UK
Rosa Luxemburg, Berlin, Germany
Jane Goodall, Gombe, Tanzania
Greta Thunberg, Stockholm, Sweden
Manuela Saenz, Quito, Ecuador
Rosa Parks, Alabama, USA
Icons include:
Michelle Obama, Chicago, USA
Catherine the Great, Moscow, Russia
Queen Nanny of the Maroons, Jamaica
Catherine de' Medici, Chenonceaux, France
Empress Dowager Cixi, Beijing, China
Artists include:
Emily Kame Kngwarreye, Utopia, Australia
Jane Austen, Chatsworth, UK
Zaha Hadid, Baku, Azerbaijan
Nadine Gordimer, Johannesburg, South Africa
Patti Smith, New York City, USA
Trailblazers include:
Jacinda Ardern, Wellington, New Zealand
Marie Curie, Warsaw, Poland
Cornelia Sorabji, Pune, India
Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner, Everest, Nepal
Beryl Markham, Rift Valley, Kenya
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