From Jezebel to Catherine the Great, from Cleopatra to Mae West, from Mata Hari to Bonnie Parker, strong women have been a problem for historians, storytellers, and readers. Strong females smack of the unfeminine. They have been called wicked, wanton, and willful. Sometimes that is a just designation, but just as often it is not. "Well-behaved women seldom make history,"" is the frequently quoted statement by historian and feminist Laurel Thatcher Ulrich. But what makes these misbehaving women ""bad""? Are we idolizing the wicked or salvaging the strong? In BAD GIRLS, readers meet twenty-six of history s most notorious women, each with a rotten reputation. But authors Jane Yolen and Heidi Stemple remind us that there are two sides to every story. Was Delilah a harlot or hero? Was Catherine the Great a great ruler, or just plain ruthless? At the end of each chapter, Yolen and Stemple appear as themselves in comic panels as they debate each girl s badness Heidi as the prosecution, Jane for context. This unique and sassy examination of famed, female historical figures will engage readers with its unusual presentation of the subject matter. Heidi and Jane s strong arguments for the innocence and guilt of each bad girl promotes the practice of critical thinking as well as the idea that history is subjective. Rebecca Guay s detailed illustrations provide a rich, stylized portrait of each woman, while the inclusion of comic panels will resonate with fans of graphic novels."""

 

There are 172 pages in this book. This book was published 2015 by Charlesbridge Publishing, U. S. .

Poet, novelist, storyteller, and picture-book author Jane Yolen has won four awards for her body of work in children's literature: the Regina Medal, the Kerlan Award, the Keene State Award, anda the Boston Public Library's Literary Light for Children Award. Her many books include Owl Moon, winner of the Caldecott Medal, and Moon Ball. Her daughter Heidi Elisabet Yolen Stemple has worked as a parole officer and a private investigator, and has published poems, short stories, and a picture book called Meet the Monsters. Jane lives in Hatfield, Massachusetts, and Heidi lives in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. Jane Yolen has written almost three hundred books, many of them awardwinners. She lives in St. Andrews, Scotland, and Hatfield, Massachusetts.