
Consider any of these Bad-Ass Women of History to be #yourfictionalbestfriend for #UncannyOctober @reallifereading. http://offtheshelf.com/2017/10/12-historical-novels-inspired-real-life-bad-ass-w... Super list put together for Off the Shelf by our fellow litten @theladygreer. She knows something about bad-ass women, as the author of tagged book about Kate Warne, first female Pinkerton detective. #badasswomen
tpixie FYI @Sills 7y
lynneamch Just learned about another #badasswomen candidate in #Nashville yesterday: Ella Mae Wiggins, instrumental leader of the 1929 textlle workers strike in Gastonia, North Carolina, inspired Wiley Cash to write
The Last Ballad: A Novel 7y
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lynneamch Also fit for #badasseomen is Margaret Fishbach, copy editor for Macy's in 1936, who became an advertisimg genius, inspiring Kathleen Rooney to pour through hundreds of archives to create her story in
Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk 7y
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kspenmoll Thanks so much for sharing this link!! 7y
kspenmoll @lynneamch Thanks for Wiggins book, info, Appreciate it! Read & loved
Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk 7y
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KathyWheeler I thought they would include the series that starts with
Girl Waits with Gun 7y
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lynneamch @KathyWheeler Isn't it great that there are so many possibilities? I'm sure it was hard to decide. Maybe there will be a Round 2. 7y
KathyWheeler @lynneamch It really is wonderful that there are so many books that could have been on this list. 😊 7y