
She dared: true stories of heroines, scoundrels, and renegades
Biographies, Femmes (biographies), Ouvrages documentaires canadiens, Canada (histoire)
Audio avec voix humaine
Résumé
Details the lives of some of Canada's most famous and infamous women, showcasing explorers, spies, criminals, and pioneers in a variety of career fields. From Marguerite de la Roque de Roberval, a sixteenth-century aristocrat who dared to love a lowly… commoner, to four women who flew military planes during World War II, these accounts introduce 15 women who ventured into behaviour considered inappropriate for women in their time. Grades 5-8. Some descriptions of violence. 2005.