Wikipedia Tour: Famous Women Throughout History
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For many years invisible to the eyes of historians, the experience of women through the ages comes to life in Famous Women Throughout History. The daring and sometimes controversial women included in this tour were all pioneers in politics, activism, science, or the arts. Their achievements and contributions were varied, but together their stories make a compelling statement about the genius, creativity, and sheer will possessed by women throughout history and around the world.
The text of this Wikipedia Tour is available from Wikipedia under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.
Cover: This image provided by Wikipedia.
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Welcome to our _Wikipedia Tour: Famous Women Throughout History_. Each day we’ll send you a link to a new article about a famous woman on Wikipedia. The introduction to each day’s article is included in the installment so you can choose to read just the introduction or the full article.
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Member reviews
4/5
Reviewed by lewis.m17 on Feb 17, 2011
Wikipedia Tour: Famous Women Throughout History
A must read for every woman
3/5 
Reviewed by erindaisy on Jan 25, 2010
Some interesting characters
I was disappointed that there were only a few I hadn't heard of before...and the inclusion of people like Margaret Thatcher. :-P
4/5
Reviewed by Christiana on Jun 4, 2009
What woman could resist reading?
Splendid! So very fine. I was entranced.
4/5
Reviewed by Ziboo on Apr 23, 2009
Good overview
Informative view of women through history.
5/5 
Reviewed by victoriaalbert on Dec 19, 2008
good title
I learned a lot about women I've read about previously, and also things about women I never knew existed.
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Ratings for 'Wikipedia Tour: Famous Women Throughout History' by DailyLit
| BabsG | | 2009-02-14 | |
| blondierocket | | 2008-07-28 | |
| butterflybaisers87 | | 2009-05-02 | |
| Christiana | | Read review | 2009-06-04 |
| erindaisy | | Read review | 2010-01-25 |
| g_ologist |  | Read review | 2008-11-20 |
| imaginaryfae3 | | 2010-05-16 | |
| karadangelo | | 2011-03-17 | |
| karchesky | | 2010-04-17 | |
| KJYates | | 2010-03-03 | |
| lewis.m17 | | Read review | 2011-02-17 |
| Mokachic | | 2009-09-03 | |
| Parisite | | 2009-02-13 | |
| realhumangirl | | 2011-11-16 | |
| victoriaalbert | | Read review | 2008-12-19 |
| Ziboo | | Read review | 2009-04-23 |
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