Description
Last Word is the popular BBC Radio 4 series broadcast weekly, featuring the lives of several famous people who have recently died. More than standard obituaries, the lives are summarised with narration and include interviews with some of those who knew them. The programme was first broadcast in 2006 and this compelling anthology commemorates the remarkable and revealing lives of 80 women who were illuminating, inspiring or moving. Their names may not always be well known, but their lives made an impact on the world, and they broke new ground in many different ways. The book includes:
Lt Islam Bibi - Helmand''s top female police officer, shot dead by the Taliban
Naty Revuelta Clews - Fidel Castro''s mistress
Naomi Sims - first Black supermodel
Sylvia Robinson - The ''mother of hip-hop'' who was the founder/CEO of Sugar Hill records
Rosalia Mera - Zara founder, the world''s richest self-made woman
Marie Colvin - ce
