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Bosom Buddies
A Celebration of Female Friendships throughout History
- 160 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
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About this book
Featuring 25 remarkable and inspiring female friendships throughout history, Bosom Buddies is an illustrated celebration of these empowering relationships between women. From the formidable Trung Sisters and friendly rivals Katherine Mansfield and Virginia Woolf to powerhouse partners Oprah Winfrey and Gayle King, writer Violet Zhang captures the love, challenges, encouragement, and adulation of female friendships across time. With winsome illustrations from illustrator Sally Nixon, Bosom Buddies is a tribute to gal pals everywhere.
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Popular CultureTable of Contents
Introduction 8
Trung Sisters TRUNG TRAC & TRUNG NHI 10
Anne Hutchinson & Mary Dyer 16
Abigail Adams & Mercy Otis Warren 22
Brontë Sisters CHARLOTTE, EMILY & ANNE 28
Susan B. Anthony & Elizabeth Cady Stanton 32
Mary Todd Lincoln & Elizabeth Keckley 38
George Eliot & Harriet Beecher Stowe 44
Qiu Jin & Xu Zihua 50
Virginia Woolf & Katherine Mansfield 56
Anna Akhmatova & Marina Tsvetaeva 62
Zora Neale Hurston & Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings 68
Marilyn Monroe & Ella Fitzgerald 74
Carol Burnett & Lucille Ball 80
Gloria Steinem & Dorothy Pitman Hughes 86
Angela Davis & Toni Morrison 92
Martina Navratilova & Chris Evert 98
Oprah Winfrey & Gayle King 104
Lily Tomlin & Jane Fonda 110
Anna Wintour & Grace Coddington 116
Michelle Obama & Valerie Jarrett 122
Tina Fey & Amy Poehler 128
Aaliyah & Missy Elliott 134
Williams Sisters VENUS & SERENA 140
Abbi Jacobson & Ilana Glazer 146
Malala Yousafzai & Muzoon Almellehan 152
Acknowledgments 158
About the Author 160
Introduction
The term bosom buddies, meaning best friends, originated in the sixteenth century. The bosom was, at the time, considered a symbol of thoughtfulness and deep feeling. So in turn, a bosom buddy (or a bosom friend, as they said back then) was someone with whom you could share all...
Table of contents
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Trung Sisters Trung Trac & Trung Nhi
- Anne Hutchinson & Mary Dyer
- Abigail Adams & Mercy Otis Warren
- Brontë Sisters Charlotte, Emily & Anne
- Susan B. Anthony & Elizabeth Cady Stanton
- Mary Todd Lincoln & Elizabeth Keckley
- George Eliot & Harriet Beecher Stowe
- Qiu Jin & Xu Zihua
- Virginia Woolf & Katherine Mansfield
- Anna Akhmatova & Marina Tsvetaeva
- Zora Neale Hurston & Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
- Marilyn Monroe & Ella Fitzgerald
- Carol Burnett & Lucille Ball
- Gloria Steinem & Dorothy Pitman Hughes
- Angela Davis & Toni Morrison
- Martina Navratilova & Chris Evert
- Oprah Winfrey & Gayle King
- Lily Tomlin & Jane Fonda
- Anna Wintour & Grace Coddington
- Michelle Obama & Valerie Jarrett
- Tina Fey & Amy Poehler
- Aaliyah & Missy Elliott
- Williams Sisters Venus & Serena
- Abbi Jacobson & Ilana Glazer
- Malala Yousafzai & Muzoon Almellehan
- Acknowledgments
- About the Author
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