Top Girls | Teaching Key Figures

Character Descriptions

This section provides a short description of all the major characters in the book. This can be printed out as a study guide for students, used as a "key" for leading a class discussion, or you can jump to the quiz/homework section to find worksheets that incorporate these descriptions into a variety of question formats.

Characters

Angie - This character is sixteen-years-old.

Isabella Bird - This character is Scottish, lived in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, and traveled extensively later in life.

Dull Gret - This quiet character is the subject of a painting where she wears an apron and armor and leads a group of women into hell to fight with devils.

Jeanine - This character is engaged to be married and interviews to work with Top Girls.

Pope Joan - This aloof character from the ninth century allegedly served in a very high clerical position...
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