Bad Girls Who Changed the World

Elena Kushnir – a Russian writer and journalist, a graduate of Lomonosov Moscow State University. She is the author of articles and books about culture, art, and cinema, and a correspondent for the Culture department of the Metro newspaper. In her book Bad Girls Who Changed the World, she tells the stories of not just famous women, but those who were able to ahead of their time and take a step forward when it seemed impossible. About those women who dared to challenge things that had been considered an exclusive male prerogative for too long. Among them are Joan of Arc, Marie Curie, Margaret Thatcher, and Greta Thunberg. You will learn about the fate of: • The first woman mathematician • The inventor of mobile communication • The first female Nobel Prize laureate • An artist of the Renaissance For whom the book Bad Girls Who Changed the World is intended: • For those who love history • For those who are interested in the history of feminism The book is accompanied by witty illustrations.