Book Information
- Series: Amazing Stories
- Imprint: James Lorimer & Company Ltd., Publishers
- Publication Date: 16 August 2005
- Copyright Year: 2005
- ISBN: 9781554390144
- Page Count: 144
- Dimensions: 5.5" x 8.5"
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Rebel Women of the East Coast
Daring to go Beyond the Limits
by Michelle Porter
Some women achieve extraordinary things during their lifetime. The incredible women in these stories - who lived from 350 years ago to the late twentieth century - contributed their courage, their vision, and their strength to their families and their communities.
Some women achieve extraordinary things during their lifetime. The incredible women in these stories - who lived from 350 years ago to the late twentieth century - contributed their courage, their vision, and their strength to their families and their communities.
About the Author
MICHELLE PORTER is a part-time freelance writer and journalist and full-time mother living in Saint John, New Brunswick. She graduated from Mount Royal College in Calgary, Alberta with a B.A. in Communications and Journalism. After working with the Telegraph Journal, New Brunswick's daily newspaper, she decided to work as a freelancer. She has written news and magazine stories, short stories, and radio dramas, and put together the curriculum for a creative non-fiction writing course, which she then taught.
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