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Back in 1881, when Evelyn Cheesman was born, English girls were expected to be clean and dressed in frilly dresses. But Evelyn crawled in dirt and collected glow worms in jars. When girls grew up they were expected to marry and look after children. But Evelyn took charge of the London Zoo insect house, filling it with crawling and fluttering specimens and breathing life back into the dusty exhibits. In the early 1920s, women were expected to stay home, but Evelyn embarked on eight solo expeditions to distant islands. She collected over 70,000 insect specimens, discovered new species, had tangles with sticky spider webs, and tumbled from a cliff. Inspire children to believe in their dreams and blaze their own trail with the story of Evelyn's amazing life!

「真正需要的不是勇氣，而是耐力。」無懼於危險、疾病和他人的反對，艾芙琳‧奇斯曼成為英國倫敦動物園昆蟲館首位女館長，隻身從事八次探險，蒐集七萬多種昆蟲，更出版十六本書，啟發無數科學家。出生於尚未兩性平權的1881年，艾芙琳堅強的忍受艱困的環境，投入昆蟲學的領域，踏上當時女性不曾涉足的道路。她把握每一次機會，堅持到底，最終獲頒大英帝國最優秀勳章。直到今日，她的故事仍然激勵著其他人，不管怎樣，大膽的朝夢想前進！本書最後附有昆蟲學家亞歷山大．哈爾蒙一佘瑞特的訪問，讓讀者可以更了解昆蟲學家這個神祕卻重要的職業！