Women Who Dared by Linda Skeers6/29/2023 ![]() ![]() The career choices for Mary Anning of Lyme Regis, England (1799-1847),were nonexistent. On July 1, Sourcebooks will publish her fourth book, Dinosaur Lady: The Daring Discoveries of Mary Anning, the First Paleontologist, illustrated by Maria Álvarez Miguéns. Today, she is the author of several acclaimed books for young readers, including Women Who Dared: 52 Stories of Fearless Daredevils, Adventurers, and Rebels. She pitched some magazine articles before long, she had a book deal. ![]() ![]() On her own time, Skeers began to research the achievements of little-known historical women. “I was so easily swayed because they said, ‘You won’t find a job as a writer, that’s ridiculous!Here are your choices.’ ” “My parents said, ‘We’ll pay for college only if you become a nurse or a teacher,’” says Skeers, who chose nursing and spent many years in a profession that wasn’t her passion. Linda Skeers’ dream job-journalist-was not among her parents’ approved careers for girls circa 1977. ![]()
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