About the book: 2008 / The heroines of this book are completely different - both in profession, and in character, and in lifestyle. Hitler’s “personal cameraman” Leni Riefenstahl, rejected by society for collaborating with the Nazis and nevertheless recognized by the same society as a brilliant cinematographer; Valentina Tereshkova is the first female cosmonaut, perceived by contemporaries as a symbol of the era, but in fact an ordinary woman, with her own hardships and problems; Nadezhda Durova is a hussar woman who left her husband and son for the joy of battle; Vanga is an internationally recognized clairvoyant who used her gift only for good... The stories about each of the 100 heroines of this book are based on factual materials, but not all of them are widely known. So readers will be able to find a lot of new and unexpected things here..