Bagieu writes about Clementine Delait, who in the early 1900s, became rich and famous as a bar owner/tender and cafe owner, and also because of her beard (in the illustrations, Delait repeatedly irritatedly asks people, “What is wrong with you?” when they ask to touch it or suggest she join a circus). In fact, I should probably be embarrassed to say, I hadn’t ever heard of a fair number of these women.
The women profiled in this collection go beyond the usual people we find in books like this.
If you are a Kate Beaton fan, you’ll be into these comics. Each biography runs 3-7 pages and Bagieu infuses her characters and conversations with so much humor and life. This 300+ page volume is filled with charming, lovely, vibrant art that brings to life the biographies of 29 women throughout history.
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