This powerful book from National Geographic plumbs its iconic Image Collection to showcase the history of women around the world. Filled with 400-plus stunning photographs from more than 30 countries taken over the past 130 years, each page creates a searing portrait of what it means to be female. Shot by famed National Geographic photographers like Lindsay Addario, Erika Larsen, and Amy Vitale, this provocative collection examines womens lifestyles across world cultures, from historic suffragette images to the haunting green-eyed Afghan girl. Featuring interviews with activists and personalities including Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and Ellen Pao, the book illustrates where women have been, where they are now, and where they are going. Here, at last, is definitive proof that the future is female.
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Weight: 1032g
Dimensions: 160 x 191mm
Publication Date: 07 Feb 2023
Publisher: National Geographic Society
Publication City/Country: United States
Language: English
ISBN13: 9781426223198
About National Geographic
One of the world's leading nonfiction publishers NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC has published more than 1700 titles featuring such categories as history travel nature photography space science health biography and memoir. A portion of its proceeds is used to fund exploration conservation and education through ongoing contributions to the work of the National Geographic Society.Susan Goldberg is editorial director of National Geographic Partners and editor in chief of National Geographic. She is the 10th editor and the first female editor of the magazine which published its first issue in 1888. Under her leadership National Geographic has been honored with five National Magazine Awards including the top prize for General Excellence in 2019. It was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography in 2019 and for Explanatory Reporting in 2017 and has received numerous other awards for its stories photos graphics maps and design. Before National Geographic Goldberg was an executive editor at Bloomberg News and served as the top editor at the San Jose Mercury News and the (Cleveland) Plain Dealer. In 2019 she was named by Washingtonian magazine as one of Washingtons most influential women. Goldberg lives in Washington D.C. with her husband.