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The Greatest Speeches of Great Women
- Author
- SpeechWorks
- Narrator
- SpeechWorks
- Publish Date
- 1 August 2016
- Run Time
- 7 hours 52 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
SpeechWorks presents this collection of the greatest speeches of great women. Represented here are some of the most famous women of recent history, including athletes, politicians, businesswomen, diplomats, heads of state, activists, philanthropists, and more. You will hear the actual voices of these women, recorded at public functions at which they were the featured speaker.
Included are the following:
Amelia Earhart, American aviation pioneerClare Boothe Luce, American author, politician and diplomatEleanor Roosevelt, American polician, diplomat, and activistGolda Meir, a teacher, politician, stateswoman, and prime minister of IsraelMother Teresa, Roman Catholic nun and missionaryKatharine Hepburn, Academy Award–winning actressBenazir Bhutto, former prime minister of PakistanNancy Pelosi, speaker of the US House of RepresentativesQueen Noor of Jordan, widow of King Hussein of JordanAyaan Hirsi Ali, Dutch American activist, author, and politicianBillie Jean King, American tennis championGloria Steinem, American journalist and activistNadia Comaneci, Romanian champion gymnastMelinda Gates, American businesswoman and philanthropistHillary Clinton, American politicianOprah Winfrey, American actress, talk-show host, and media proprietorCondoleezza Rice, American political scientistMalala Yousafzai, Pakistani activist and Nobel Prize laureateCarly Fiorina, American businesswomanUser Reviews
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Details
- Author
- SpeechWorks
- Narrator
- SpeechWorks
- Duration
- 7 hours 52 minutes
- Release Date
- 1 August 2016
- ISBN
- 9781504722322
- Format
- Audiobook
- Genre
- Biography: general, Gender studies: women and girls, General and world history, History of the Americas, Biography: historical, political and military
Synopsis
SpeechWorks presents this collection of the greatest speeches of great women. Represented here are some of the most famous women of recent history, including athletes, politicians, businesswomen, diplomats, heads of state, activists, philanthropists, and more. You will hear the actual voices of these women, recorded at public functions at which they were the featured speaker.Included are the following:Amelia Earhart, American aviation pioneerClare Boothe Luce, American author, politician and diplomatEleanor Roosevelt, American polician, diplomat, and activistGolda Meir, a teacher, politician, stateswoman, and prime minister of IsraelMother Teresa, Roman Catholic nun and missionaryKatharine Hepburn, Academy Award–winning actressBenazir Bhutto, former prime minister of PakistanNancy Pelosi, speaker of the US House of RepresentativesQueen Noor of Jordan, widow of King Hussein of JordanAyaan Hirsi Ali, Dutch American activist, author, and politicianBillie Jean King, American tennis championGloria Steinem, American journalist and activistNadia Comaneci, Romanian champion gymnastMelinda Gates, American businesswoman and philanthropistHillary Clinton, American politicianOprah Winfrey, American actress, talk-show host, and media proprietorCondoleezza Rice, American political scientistMalala Yousafzai, Pakistani activist and Nobel Prize laureateCarly Fiorina, American businesswoman
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