Women: The National Geographic Image Collection - Hardcover

by National Geographic (Author)

This powerful photography collection, drawn from the celebrated National Geographic archive, reveals the lives of women from around the globe, accompanied by revelatory new interviews and portraits of contemporary trailblazers including Oprah Winfrey, Jane Goodall, and Christiane Amanpour.

#MeToo. #GirlBoss. Time's Up. From Silicon Valley to politics and beyond, women are reshaping our world. Now, in anticipation of the 100th anniversary of the 19th amendment, this bold and inspiring book from National Geographic mines 130 years of photography to showcase their past, their present, and their future. With 400+ stunning images from more than 50 countries, each page of this glorious book offers compelling testimony about what it means to be female, from historic suffragettes to the haunting, green-eyed "Afghan girl."
Organized around chapter themes like grit, love, and joy, the book features brand-new commentary from a wide swath of luminaries including Laura Bush, Gloria Allred, Roxane Gay, Melinda Gates, New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern, and the founders of the #MeToo and Black Lives Matter movements. Each is accompanied by a bold new portrait, shot by acclaimed NG photographer Erika Larsen. The ultimate coffee table book, this iconic collection provides definitive proof that the future is female.

Author Biography

Susan Goldberg served as editorial director of National Geographic Partners and editor-in-chief of National Geographic magazine from 2014 to 2021. She was the 10th editor of the magazine since it was first published in October 1888--and the first female editor. Under her leadership, National Geographic was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Reporting three times; the magazine won 10 National Magazine Awards, as well as two Webby Media Company of the Year honors. She is now vice dean of the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University. She lives with her husband in Washington, D.C.