"How much our daughters need strong role models - women who, in their own time and way, used their talents and followed their passions to help transform our world. This lovely and inspiring book can be read and enjoyed on many levels. I am humbled and honored to be included." — Marian Wright Edelman, author of The Measure of Our Success
In this exquisite collection of essays and photographs, women writers pay tribute to some of the most influential women of our time. Spanning our century and culture, these intimate portraits reveal both writer and subject in fifty inspired pairings: Alice Walker celebrates the outrageous flair of novelist Zora Neale Hurston. Actress Liv Ullman marvels at Anne Frank's tenacious faith in the face of atrocity. Jessye Norman recalls the wondrous voice and pioneering presence of opera singer Marian Anderson. Joan Didion on Georgia O'Keeffe, Terry Tempest Williams on Rachel Carson, Gloria Steinem on Marilyn Monroe.
Legends is a provocative celebration of both the accomplishments and imperfections of fifty courageous pioneers who have changed the way women view their place in the world. Each piece is accompanied by a gorgeous duotone photograph by such eminent photographers as Man Ray, Alfred Stieglitz, Cecil Beaton, Yousuf Karsh, Michael Collopy, and Jacques Lowe. Spanning the arts, politics, literature, science, and sports, these essays and photographs capture the rich texture of fifty extraordinary women's lives — what has made their contributions legendary and their unique legacies timeless.
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