Annie Edson Taylor went over Niagara Falls in a barrel. Mabel Stark wrestled with tigers. Sonora Webster Carver plummeted forty feet on horseback into a tank of water.
These and the eleven other women profiled in this book performed between 1880 and 1929, when females were expected to stay home and raise families, not entertain crowds with acts of derring-do. Their bravado, equal to that of any male thrill-seeker, made them inspiring at a time when women were testing the waters of equality and freedom. 48 pages.
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What a fun little book to read. I liked the idea of a book containing not women heros but women who did wild and crazy things. My favorite is Annie Edson Taylor, or QUEEN OF THE MIST. She went over Niagara Falls in a wooden barrel in 1901. To me, the best part of the whole crazy stunt is that she told everyone she was 43, but she was really 63!
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