cover image Legends: Women Who Have Changed the World Through the Eyes of Great Women Writers

Legends: Women Who Have Changed the World Through the Eyes of Great Women Writers

. New World Library, $29.95 (144pp) ISBN 978-1-57731-042-6

With such noted writers as Joan Didion, Mary Jo Salter, Alice Walker and Gloria Steinem, this compilation of images and words commemorating some of the world's most powerful women is invaluable. Legends: Women Who Have Changed the World Through the Eyes of Great Women Writers, edited by John Miller, celebrates eminent women like Anna Pavlova, Jane Goodall, Mother Theresa, Oprah, Frida Kahlo and Virginia Woolf from the perspectives of other women luminaries. Brief biographies of the 50 women featured are provided at the end. (Nov.)