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Graphic Biographies of Women

Description: True stories of remarkable women told in comics form.

Rank Title Author Added

1

Red Rosa: A Graphic Biography of Rosa Luxemburg

436 members

11 reviews

4.1

5 Members: hipdeep, spiralsheep, charl08, WomensSeqArtLibrary, amelore

2

The Red Virgin and the Vision of Utopia

by Mary M. Talbot

105 members

4 reviews

3.8

4 Members: spiralsheep, charl08, WomensSeqArtLibrary, amelore

3

Josephine Baker

by Jose-Luis Bocquet

91 members

3 reviews

½ 3.7

4 Members: alexa_d, charl08, WomensSeqArtLibrary, amelore

4

Dangerous Woman: The Graphic Biography of Emma Goldman

by Sharon Rudahl

173 members

5 reviews

½ 3.5

3 Members: spiralsheep, WomensSeqArtLibrary, amelore

5

Dignifying Science: Stories About Women Scientists

by Jim Ottaviani

142 members

1 review

½ 3.7

3 Members: hipdeep, alexa_d, WomensSeqArtLibrary

6

Primates: The Fearless Science of Jane Goodall, Dian Fossey, and Biruté Galdikas

by Jim Ottaviani

601 members

39 reviews

3.8

3 Members: hipdeep, alexa_d, WomensSeqArtLibrary

7

Kiki de Montparnasse

by Catel Muller

259 members

8 reviews

½ 3.6

3 Members: alexa_d, WomensSeqArtLibrary, amelore

8

The Age of Selfishness: Ayn Rand, Morality, and the Financial Crisis

by Darryl Cunningham

118 members

6 reviews

4

2 Members: hipdeep, amelore

9

Agatha: The Real Life of Agatha Christie

by Anne Martinetti

94 members

7 reviews

½ 3.5

2 Members: charl08, WomensSeqArtLibrary

10

Woman Rebel: The Margaret Sanger Story

194 members

13 reviews

4

2 Members: alexa_d, WomensSeqArtLibrary

11

Lily Renée, Escape Artist: From Holocaust Survivor to Comic Book Pioneer

by Trina Robbins

155 members

16 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: alexa_d, WomensSeqArtLibrary

12

Isadora Duncan: A Graphic Biography

by Sabrina Jones

102 members

11 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: alexa_d, WomensSeqArtLibrary

13

Brazen: Rebel Ladies Who Rocked the World

by Pénélope Bagieu

603 members

33 reviews

½ 4.4

2 Members: charl08, WomensSeqArtLibrary

14

The Trouble With Women

by Jacky Fleming

204 members

19 reviews

½ 4.3

2 Members: charl08, WomensSeqArtLibrary

15

Photographic: The Life of Graciela Iturbide

by Isabel Quintero

182 members

12 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: WomensSeqArtLibrary, amelore

16

California Dreamin': Cass Elliot Before The Mamas & the Papas

by Pénélope Bagieu

171 members

9 reviews

4.1

2 Members: charl08, WomensSeqArtLibrary

17

Radioactive: Marie & Pierre Curie: A Tale of Love and Fallout

by Lauren Redniss

844 members

53 reviews

4.2

Member: WomensSeqArtLibrary

18

Anne Frank: The Anne Frank House Authorized Graphic Biography

by Sid Jacobson

472 members

28 reviews

4

Member: WomensSeqArtLibrary

19

Annie Sullivan and the Trials of Helen Keller

by Joseph Lambert

220 members

10 reviews

3.8

Member: WomensSeqArtLibrary

20

Mary Astor's Purple Diary: The Great American Sex Scandal of 1936

by Edward Sorel

161 members

8 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: WomensSeqArtLibrary

21

Amelia Earhart: This Broad Ocean

by Sarah Stewart Taylor

124 members

4 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: WomensSeqArtLibrary

22

Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad (Graphic Library: Graphic History)

by Michael J. Martin

113 members

6 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: WomensSeqArtLibrary

23

Amelia Earhart : Free in the Skies

by Robert Burleigh

106 members

15 reviews

½ 3.3

Member: WomensSeqArtLibrary

24

The Carter Family: Don't Forget This Song

by Frank M. Young

102 members

9 reviews

½ 3.4

Member: WomensSeqArtLibrary

25

Fire!!: The Zora Neale Hurston Story

87 members

4 reviews

3.8

Member: WomensSeqArtLibrary

26

Billie Holiday (NBM Comics Biographies)

by Carlos Sampayo

84 members

3.2

Member: WomensSeqArtLibrary

27

Olympe de Gouges

by Catel Muller

71 members

2 reviews

3.9

Member: WomensSeqArtLibrary

28

Bohemians: A Graphic History

69 members

3 reviews

½ 2.4

Member: WomensSeqArtLibrary

29

Elizabeth Cady Stanton: Women's Rights Pioneer (Graphic Library: Graphic Biographies)

by Connie Colwell Miller

66 members

13 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: WomensSeqArtLibrary

30

Helen Keller: Courageous Advocate (Graphic Biographies)

by Scott R. Welvaert

65 members

5 reviews

3.8

Member: WomensSeqArtLibrary

31

Frida Kahlo: The Story of Her Life

63 members

2 reviews

4.2

Member: WomensSeqArtLibrary

32

Jane Goodall: Animal Scientist (Graphic Library: Graphic Biographies)

by Katherine Krohn

63 members

1 review

Member: WomensSeqArtLibrary

33

Femme Magnifique: 50 Magnificent Women who Changed the World

62 members

2 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: WomensSeqArtLibrary

34

Clara Barton: Angel of the Battlefield (Graphic Library: Graphic Biographies)

by Allison Lassieur

51 members

2 reviews

3.8

Member: WomensSeqArtLibrary

35

Bessie Coleman: Daring Stunt Pilot (Graphic Library: Graphic Biographies)

by Trina Robbins

51 members

1 review

½ 3.5

Member: WomensSeqArtLibrary

36

Sacagawea: Journey into the West (Graphic Library: Graphic Biographies)

by Jessica Gunderson

50 members

1 review

4.9

Member: WomensSeqArtLibrary

37

Rosa Parks: The Life of a Civil Rights Heroine (Graphic Biographies)

49 members

4

Member: WomensSeqArtLibrary

38

Who Is Ana Mendieta?

by Christine Redfern

49 members

1 review

3.8

Member: WomensSeqArtLibrary

39

Perpetua's Journey: Faith, Gender, and Power in the Roman Empire

by Jennifer A. Rea

48 members

1 review

4

Member: WomensSeqArtLibrary

40

Eleanor Roosevelt: First Lady of the World (Graphic Library: Graphic Biographies)

by Ryan Jacobson

47 members

1 review

4

Member: WomensSeqArtLibrary

41

An Olympic Dream: The Story of Samia Yusuf Omar

by Reinhard Kleist

47 members

3 reviews

3.9

Member: WomensSeqArtLibrary

42

Florence Nightingale: Lady with the Lamp (Graphic Library: Graphic Biographies)

by Trina Robbins

47 members

Member: WomensSeqArtLibrary

43

Harriet Tubman: The Life of an African American Abolitionist (Graphic Nonfiction)

41 members

3 reviews

4.2

Member: WomensSeqArtLibrary

44

Molly Pitcher: Young American Patriot (Graphic Library: Graphic Biographies)

by Jason Glaser

41 members

1 review

Member: WomensSeqArtLibrary

45

Elizabeth Blackwell: America's First Woman Doctor (Graphic Library: Graphic Biographies)

by Trina Robbins

41 members

Member: WomensSeqArtLibrary

46

Wilma Rudolph: Olympic Track Star (Graphic Library: Graphic Biographies)

38 members

Member: WomensSeqArtLibrary

47

Amelia Earhart: Legendary Aviator (Graphic Library: Graphic Biographies)

by Jameson Anderson

35 members

Member: WomensSeqArtLibrary

48

Mother Jones: Labor Leader (Graphic Library: Graphic Biographies)

by Connie Colwell Miller

34 members

1 review

½ 3.3

Member: WomensSeqArtLibrary

49

Superzelda: The Graphic Life of Zelda Fitzgerald

by Tiziana Lo Porto

32 members

2 reviews

3.1

Member: WomensSeqArtLibrary

50

Amelia Earhart (Saddleback Graphic Biographies)

by Saddleback Educational

31 members

1 review

3

Member: WomensSeqArtLibrary

51

Our Lady of Birth Control: A Cartoonist's Encounter with Margaret Sanger

by Sabrina Jones

30 members

3.8

Member: WomensSeqArtLibrary

52

Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad (Jr. Graphic Biographies)

30 members

2.8

Member: WomensSeqArtLibrary

53

Mother Teresa: Angel of the Slums

by Lewis Helfand

28 members

1 review

3.2

Member: WomensSeqArtLibrary

54

Oprah Winfrey: The Life of a Media Superstar (Graphic Biographies)

by Gary Jeffrey

25 members

Member: WomensSeqArtLibrary

55

Niki de Saint Phalle: The Garden of Secrets (NBM Comics Biographies)

by Sandrine Martin

20 members

1 review

2

Member: WomensSeqArtLibrary

56

Madam Curie (Saddleback Graphic Biographies)

by Saddleback Educational

19 members

Member: WomensSeqArtLibrary

57

Mother Teresa of Kolkata : Saint Among the Poor

by Didier Chardez

15 members

½ 4.5

Member: WomensSeqArtLibrary

58

Ainsi soit Benoîte Groult: roman graphique

10 members

3

Member: WomensSeqArtLibrary

59

DURES A CUIRE: 50 FEMMES HORS DU COMMUN QUI ONT MARQUE L HISTOIRE (CAMBOURAKIS)

6 members

½ 4.5

Member: WomensSeqArtLibrary

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Started: WomensSeqArtLibrary
June 2018
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