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Young women today crave strong, independent role models to look to for motivation. In the follow-up to the 2012 bestseller Girls Who Rocked the World, More Girls Who Rocked the World offers a fun and inspiring collection of influential stories with forty-five more movers and shakers who rocked the world before turning twenty. A variety of achievements, interests, and ethnic backgrounds are represented, from Annie Oakley and Cleopatra to Malala Yousafzai and Misty Copeland--each with her own incredible story of how she created life-changing opportunities for herself and the world. Personal aspirations from todays young women are also interspersed throughout the book, as well as profiles of teenagers who are out there rocking the world right now. -- Provided by publisher.

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This Beyond Words/Aladdin edition October 2017

Text copyright 2017 by Michelle R. McCann

Interior illustrations 2017 by Beyond Words Publishing, Inc.

Cover copyright 2017 by Beyond Words/Simon & Schuster, Inc.

Cover illustration by M. S. Corley, copyright 2017 by Beyond Words/Simon & Schuster, Inc.

The profiles for Naya Nuki/Pop-Pank and Eleanor Roosevelt were previously published in different form in Girls Who Rocked the World 2 2000 by Michelle Roehm, published by Beyond Words Publishing.

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: McCann, Michelle Roehm, 1968- author.

Title: More girls who rocked the world : heroines from Ada Lovelace to Misty

Copeland / Michelle Roehm McCann.

Description: New York : Aladdin ; Hillsboro, Oregon : Beyond Words, 2017. |

Includes bibliographical references. | Audience: Ages 8-12. | Audience:

Grades 3 to 7.

Identifiers: LCCN 2017006516 | ISBN 9781582706405 (hardback) | ISBN 9781582706412 (paperback) | ISBN 9781481496889 (eBook)

Subjects: LCSH: GirlsBiographyJuvenile literature. | Women heroesBiographyJuvenile literature. | HeroesBiographyJuvenile literature. | BISAC: JUVENILE NONFICTION / Biography & Autobiography / Women. | JUVENILE NONFICTION / Girls & Women. | JUVENILE NONFICTION / History / General.

Classification: LCC CT3207 .M35 2017 | DDC 920.72--dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2017006516

For my daughter, Fiona,

who is one of the bravest, kindest,

funnest girls I know. Youve got a Big Spirit, girl! And you inspire me and make me proud every day. And for my niece Lucy, who brings me great joy and laughter always. You will both rock the world in your own unique waysIm sure of it!

We cannot all succeed when half of us are held back. We call upon our sisters around the world to be braveto embrace the strength within themselves and realize their full potential.

MALALA YOUSAFZAI

CONTENTS

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In the profiles in this book, passages of literary narrative based on factual events were imagined by the author in an attempt to draw the reader into the life and perspective of the profiled girl.

Note from the Author

I wrote this book during a very challenging time in my life. We were caring for a beloved family member who was dying. During those dark months, I found great comfort in reading about these girls and women who struggledwho had to fight just to survive, to be heard, and to follow their dreams. Life felt hard, but I also felt like I wasnt alone. As I was writing, I felt surrounded by friends who were there with me at the computer, holding me up, giving me some of their strength.

I was terrified at first by the prospect of finding forty-five more girls to write about. Was it even possible? Of course it was possible! History and our current world are full of amazing girls and women doing amazing things. Its been a while since I wrote the last Girls Who Rocked the World , and a lot has changed since then. Weve seen the Arab Spring (a series of antigovernment protests in the Middle East and North Africa that took place from late December 2010 into early 2011), and the women and girls of Afghanistan fighting back against the Taliban. Weve seen the rise of social media and a whole slew of girls making their voices heard there, as well as starting businesses and stepping into what used to be adults-only territory (magazine publishing, fashion design, mogul-hood!). And there have been some amazing new sports stars whove broken all kinds of records. To my surprise and glee, I found way more girls than I could use! Guess Ill have to write another sequel.

The biggest challenge this time around was finding women and girls from ancient history, especially nonwhite women. The reason, of course, is that white men wrote history, so history is full of white men. Women? Girls? Not so much. Even famous women like Cleopatra have very little recorded about them, and their childhoods even less. For some of the ancient women I included, I had to fill in the blanks a bit. The good news is that I was able to include tons of amazing nonwhite girls who are making history right now . White men are no longer the only ones writing the history books these days.

My favorite part of writing this book was uncovering more incredible stuff about the girls and women I thought I already knew, like politician Hillary Clinton, tennis stars Venus and Serena Williams, and writer Beverly Cleary. Four-year-old Hillary punched a neighborhood bully! Venus and Serena started playing tennis in Compton, outside Los Angeles, as gangs fought around them and even threatened them! Beverly Cleary was a reluctant reader when she was a girl, but one special teacher recognized and nurtured her phenomenal talent! I grew to love these women even more after digging into their childhoods and discovering the hurdles they overcame.

I was also thrilled to learn about new girls I had never even heard of. Rock climber Ashima Shiraishi is the best female climber in the world, and shes only sixteen! Nepalese author Jhamak Ghimire writes award-winning poetry with her toes! Soccer star Nadia Nadim began honing her foot skills in Afghanistan, where it was illegal for girls to even play soccer. Adventurer Sarah McNair-Landry dogsledded to the North and South Poles as a teenager. These girls and many more were glorious surprises to me. After writing each chapter, I would call a girlfriend and say, Do you want to know who my new favorite person is? You wont believe this!

And I found just as much inspiration from the girls who answered the question How will you rock the world? Girls just like you are already thinking about the impact they want to make. Girls from Texas and Oklahoma to Illinois to Alaska and Oregon. Girls like Wendy below, and all the girls featured in the book. Theyre all going to rock the world!

You girls out there reading this, I hope these stories will fire you up as they fired me up. I hope these stories show that you dont have to wait until youre a grown-up to go after your dream, to begin changing the world. Why wait? You might as well start now. And it doesnt have to be something huge. Hillary Clinton started out running for middle school president. And she lost! Mindy Kaling started out watching a lot of TV and imitating skits with her BFF. Bethany Mota and Tavi Gevinson started out making videos in their bedrooms.

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