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212 reviews for:
Wonder Women: 25 Innovators, Inventors, and Trailblazers Who Changed History
Sophia Foster-Dimino, Sam Maggs
4.04 AVERAGE
212 reviews for:
Wonder Women: 25 Innovators, Inventors, and Trailblazers Who Changed History
Sophia Foster-Dimino, Sam Maggs
4.04 AVERAGE
Super informative and to the point. Every woman in the book deserved the lime light and it's amazing to see how they trail-blazed and changed history. I really liked learning about them and the author even shares great sources at the end of the book.
This is a book that everyone should read. It was extremely empowering and is extremely important.
This book gave lots of info on women who have been overlooked. Unfortunately, it also gives lots of snarky commentary, which was funny at first, but quickly turned annoying. It would have been okay if the chapters were stand alone articles instead of in a book.
informative
fast-paced
so when i was doing my undergrad my friends and i came across the wondrous tale of julie d'aubigny, a seventeenth century crossdressing french duellist and opera singer
(she was cool as hell)
this led to us continuing to wander the Internet wilds and coming across tales of even more fascinating historical women like ching shih (a REALLY effective 19th century chinese pirate who basically dominated the china sea) and noor inayat khan (a sufi british spy in world war ii who refused to abandon her post in france after the nazis killed basically every other spy operative in the area) and being like HOW have we not heard of these women before?????
so anyways we spent some time kicking around the idea of doing SOMETHING online to draw attention to these women. a blog? webcomic? youtube channel?
(the second one would've been hard as none of us could draw)
this is all to say that clearly sam maggs was lurking somewhere in our university, overheard us, and beat us to the punch with wonder women
kudos sam maggs, i graduated four years ago and we never did get around to building that website. glad someone is spreading the good word about amazing historical women
4 stars
(she was cool as hell)
this led to us continuing to wander the Internet wilds and coming across tales of even more fascinating historical women like ching shih (a REALLY effective 19th century chinese pirate who basically dominated the china sea) and noor inayat khan (a sufi british spy in world war ii who refused to abandon her post in france after the nazis killed basically every other spy operative in the area) and being like HOW have we not heard of these women before?????
so anyways we spent some time kicking around the idea of doing SOMETHING online to draw attention to these women. a blog? webcomic? youtube channel?
(the second one would've been hard as none of us could draw)
this is all to say that clearly sam maggs was lurking somewhere in our university, overheard us, and beat us to the punch with wonder women
kudos sam maggs, i graduated four years ago and we never did get around to building that website. glad someone is spreading the good word about amazing historical women
4 stars
I have immensely enjoyed Sam Maggs' writing over the years. My first read by her was The Fangirl's Guide to the Galaxy and I loved the combination between quirkiness, genuine tips, fun art and fandom know-how. I similarly enjoyed myself with Wonder Women, a delightful look at 25 trailblazing women. I really liked the almost casual tone of the book, as if you're sitting down with a wise friend of yours who is ready to drop some knowledge and inspire you.
In many ways this is an introduction to these women, with most chapters only covering a few pages. It whets your appetite, in my case especially when it came to women in espionage. This would be a perfect book for any reader at any age, but I can definitely see it being fun, engaging and educative for girls entering their teens.
What was also majorly appreciated was the bibliography and actual info at the end of the book for girls looking to get into STEM subjects. While I'm solidly in the literature corner, my sister is a physicist so I've heard her experiences of trying to stay determined in a field that is set against you. Hopefully a book like this can be an extra little push of confidence for girls like her!
In many ways this is an introduction to these women, with most chapters only covering a few pages. It whets your appetite, in my case especially when it came to women in espionage. This would be a perfect book for any reader at any age, but I can definitely see it being fun, engaging and educative for girls entering their teens.
What was also majorly appreciated was the bibliography and actual info at the end of the book for girls looking to get into STEM subjects. While I'm solidly in the literature corner, my sister is a physicist so I've heard her experiences of trying to stay determined in a field that is set against you. Hopefully a book like this can be an extra little push of confidence for girls like her!
Witty and fascinating but frustrating. Glad I got to learn about these women.
I was so lucky to find this book when I did, it was great reading through all of this and seeing so many names that I had never heard of but am glad that I got to read about their stories.
A fun and informative read about many great women in history. Held back only by its writing style (trying to hard to sound cool and trendy and as such failing to do so) and referring to the women primarily by first name (and no titles). Was nice to use to recommend some of these people to my students as they were writing an essay about historical figures for another teacher who had not provided any women as examples. Overall, this is a good reference book to lead to further research.