"This is a work of creative nonfiction. It is a collection of heartwarming and thought-provoking bedtime stories inspired by the life and adventures of more than 100 heroic women. It is not an encyclopedic account of the events and accomplishments of their lives"--Page facing title page

Ada Lovelace, mathematician -- Alek Wek, supermodel -- Alfonsina Strada, cyclist -- Alicia Alonso, ballerina -- Amelia Earhart, aviator -- Amna Al Haddad, weightlifter -- Andini Makosinski, inventor -- Anna Politkovskaya, journalist -- Artemisia Gentileschi, painter -- Ashley Fiolek, Motocross racer -- Astrid Lindgren, writer -- Autumn Peltier, clean water activist -- Balkissa Chaibou, activist -- Barbarita Lara, engineer and entrepreneur -- Bayarjargal Agvaantseren, wildlife conservationist -- Brenda Chapman, director, writer, and story artist -- Catherine the Great, empress -- Cholita Climbers, mountaineers -- Claudia Ruggerini, partisan -- Cleopatra, pharaoh -- Cora Coralina, poet and baker -- Coy Mathis, elementary school student -- Elizabeth I, Queen -- Eufrosina Cruz, indigenous rights activist and politician -- Fadumo Dayib, politician -- Florence Nightingale, nurse -- Frida Kahlo, painter -- Gloria Majiga-Kamoto, environmental activist -- Grace Hopper, computer scientist -- Grace O'Malley, pirate -- Greta Gerwig, screenwriter and director -- Greta Thunberg, climate activist -- Harriet Tubman, freedom fighter -- Hatshepsut, pharaoh -- Helen Keller, disability rights activist -- Hillary Clinton, politician -- Hypatia, mathematician and philosopher -- Irena Sendlerowa, war hero -- Isabel Allende, writer -- Jane Austen, writer -- Jane Goodall, primatologist -- Jenni Hermoso, soccer player -- Jessica Watson, sailor -- Joan Jett, rock star -- Judy Blume, writer -- Julia Child, chef -- Katalin Karikó, biochemist -- Kate Sheppard, suffragette -- Lakshmi Bai, queen and warrior -- Lella Lombardi, race car driver -- Leydy Pech, beekeeper and environmental activist -- Lozen, warrior -- Mae C. Jemison, astronaut and doctor -- Malala Yousafzai, education activist -- Manal Al-Sharif, women's rights activist -- Margaret Hamilton, computer scientist -- Margherita Hack, astrophysicist

Maria Callas, opera singer -- Maria Montessori, physician and educator -- Maria Reiche, mathematician and archaeologist -- Maria Sibylla Merian, naturalist -- Marie Curie, scientist -- Mary Anning, paleontologist -- Mary Earps, soccer player -- Mary Edwards Walker, surgeon -- Mary Kom, boxer -- Matilde Montoya, doctor -- Maud Stevens Wagner, tattoo artist -- Maya Angelou, writer -- Maya Gabeira, surfer -- Melanie Perkins, entrepreneur -- Melba Liston, composer and trombonist -- Menaka Guruswamy and Arundhati Katju, lawyers -- Michaela Deprince, ballerina -- Michelle Obama, lawyer and First Lady -- Michelle Yeoh, actor -- Mikaela Shiffrin, skier -- Millo Castro Zaldarriaga, drummer -- The Mirabal sisters, political activists -- Miriam Makeba, singer and civil rights activist -- Misty Copeland, ballerina -- Momiji Nishiya, skateboarder -- Nancy Wake, spy -- Nanny of the Maroons, Queen -- Narges Mohammadi, human rights activist -- Nellie Bly, journalist -- Nina Simone, singer -- Norwegian Beach Handball Team handball players -- Pat McGrath, makeup artist and entrepreneur -- Policarpa Salavarrieta, spy -- Rita Levi Montalcini, scientist -- Rosa Parks, civil rights activist -- Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Supreme Court Justice -- Seondeok of Silla, Queen -- Serena and Venus Williams, tennis players -- Simone Biles, gymnast -- Sinéad Burke, disability advocate -- Sonita Alizadeh, rapper -- Sunny Choi, breakdancer -- Sylvia Earle, marine biologist -- Tamara de Lempicka, painter -- Taylor Swift, singer-songwriter -- Virginia Woolf, writer -- Wang Zhenyi, astronomer -- Wangari Maathai, environmental and human rights activist -- Wilma Rudolph, sprinter -- Xian Zhang, orchestra conductor -- Yaa Asantewaa, warrior queen -- Yusra Mardini, swimmer -- Zaha Hadid, architect -- Write your own story -- Draw your portrait -- Rebel Girls throughout history