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TABLE OF CONTENTS
BY CINDY WHITEHEAD WITH ART BY RAÜL TREVIÑO
INTRODUCTION 7
URSULA K. LE GUIN story 17 73 BY ROBIN FURTH & DEVAKI NEOGI
KATE BUSH story 1 9 BY GAIL SIMONE & MARGUERITE SAUVAGE
BY LIZ PRINCE
MARY ANNING story 2 13 BY CORINNA BECHKO & SHAWN MCMANUS
MARGERY BOOTH story 19 81 BY DAVID BARNETT & RACHAEL STOTT
BY MARIS WICKS
SYLVIA EARLE story 3 17
MISTY COPELAND story 20 85 BY LAUREN MOYER & CARA MCGEE
HILLARY CLINTON story 4 20 BY KELLY SUE DECONNICK & ELSA CHARRETIER
AIDA PAGE story 21 89 BY IRMA PAGE & MARK BUCKINGHAM
NELLIE BLY story 5 25 BY JANET HARVEY & AUD KOCH
BETH DITTO story 22 93 BY LEAH MOORE & ALISON SAMPSON
MARGARET HAMILTON story 6 29
ABBI JACOBSON/ILANA GLAZER story 18 77
ADA LOVELACE story 23 97
BY ALISA KWITNEY & JAMIE COE
BY MEGAN HUTCHISON
PEGGY GUGGENHEIM story 7 33 BY STEVEN T. SEAGLE & TEDDY KRISTIANSEN
MARY BLAIR story 24 101 BY CASEY GILLY & JEN HICKMAN
BJÖRK story 8 36 BY KIERON GILLEN & ANNIE WU
ROSALIND FRANKLIN story 25 105 BY MIKE CAREY & EUGENIA KOUMAKI
MARGARET SANGER story 9 41
LAURIE ANDERSON story 26 109
BY LUCY KNISLEY
BY PETER GROSS
HATSHEPSUT story 10 45 BY KRISTY MILLER & EVA CABRERA
JUDITH story 27 113 BY MAGS VISAGGIO & BRETT PARSON
SHIRLEY JACKSON story 11 48 BY MATT WAGNER & CHRISTINE NORRIE
BY SONNY LIEW
SALLY RIDE story 12 53 BY CECIL CASTELLUCCI & PHILIP BOND
CARRIE FISHER story 29 121 BY ALISA KWITNEY & ALAIN MAURICET
AGNESS UNDERWOOD story 13 57 BY CHRISTINA RICE & JON DAVIS-HUNT
BY GIBSON TWIST & RORI!
ELIZABETH CHOY story 28 117
SHIRLEY CHISHOLM story 30 125
ELLEN STEWART story 14 61
BRENDA FASSIE story 31 129 BY LAUREN BEUKES & NANNA VENTER
DALE MESSICK story 15 65
DIANE DI PRIMA story 32 133 BY TINI HOWARD & MING DOYLE
KAT BLAQUE story 16 69
ELLEN ARMSTRONG story 33 137 BY DANI COLMAN & SARAH GORDON
BY RONALD WIMBERLY BY PAIGE BRADDOCK BY TESS FOWLER
MARLO THOMAS story 34 141
RUTH KLUGER story 43 BY BETSY HOULTON & TYLER CROOK
BY GILLIAN GOERZ
LOUISE FITZHUGH story 35 145
KRISTY MILLER story 44 181 BY BRIAN MILLER & EVA CABRERA
MARIA BONITA story 36 149 BY THEDY CORRÊA & RAFAEL ALBUQUERQUE
OCTAVIA BUTLER story 45 185 BY CHE GRAYSON & JASON SHAWN ALEXANDER
ANONYMOUS story 37 153 BY KARRIE FRANSMAN & ROB DAVIS
ARTEMISIA GENTILESCHI story 46 189 BY MARGUERITE BENNETT & JEN BARTEL
MARGARET ATWOOD story 38 157 BY HOPE NICHOLSON & JOHNNIE CHRISTMAS
JOAN OF ARC story 47 193 BY GERARD WAY & MARLEY ZARCONE
ROZ KAVENEY story 39 161 BY LAURIE PENNY & EMMA VIECELI
BY CHYNNA CLUGSTON-FLORES
MICHELLE OBAMA story 40 165 BY TEE FRANKLIN & ANTONIO FUSO
BY JIM RUGG
HEDY LAMARR story 41 169 BY GILBERT HERNANDEZ
HARRIET TUBMAN story 50 204 BY CHUCK BROWN & SANFORD GREENE
BY DAN PARENT
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RUMIKO TAKAHASHI story 48 197 CINDY WHITEHEAD story 49 201
JUDY BLUME story 42 173 BY PAULA SEVENBERGEN & CLAIRE ROE
BONUS MATERIAL CHARACTER SKETCHES & DESIGN 208
ART BY ELSA CHARRETIER, TESS FOWLER, PHILIP BOND, BILL SIENKIEWICZ, SHAWN MCMANUS & MARGUERITE SAUVAGE
WHAT DOES A FEMINIST LOOK LIKE? 214 BY KRISTY MILLER WITH ART BY BRIAN MILLER
TRUST THE WITCH: WHY I LOVE LYDIA 216 AN ESSAY BY CATHI UNSWORTH WITH ART BY BILLY CHAINSAW
AFTERWORD 218
BY SHELLY BOND WITH ART BY LEE GARBETT
EDITOR’S BACKLOGUE 220
THE KICKSTARTER STORY
PROCESS 226
BY SHELLY BOND & JIM RUGG
CREATE YOUR OWN 230
FEMME MAGNIFIQUE TRIBUTE
CONTRIBUTOR BIOS 232
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