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Vigdís: A Book About the World's First Female President
Rán Flygenring
Illustrator: Rán Flygenring
Ages: 6+
Published: 2024
Publisher: Helvetiq
ISBN: 978-3-03964-041-6
Keywords: Biography/Memoir-sexism, early feminists, single parents, single mothers, adoptive mothers, French language, theater, labor strikes, women's rights
A Reykjavik girl grew up to be the first single woman in Iceland to adopt a child and the first democratically elected female president in the world. Detailed, whimsical illustrations.