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leapylees's review against another edition
4.0
This guidebook-style book probably not intended to be read from end to end but I did just that. As a historian of Scottish women's history, I am ashamed that I hadn't heard of many of the women featured, but delighted that such a comprehensive volume about the missing women of Scottish history has been published. For too long women have been silenced, omitted and erased from Scottish history, and Sheridan's book goes some way to putting them back in an accessible way. I really enjoyed this, and at times forgot that many of the monuments were fictional, thinking "I've never noticed that before" about a familiar place, and them remembering it's fictional or renamed. However a couple of things make this four stars instead of five - the slightly confusing layout (maybe that's just my lockdown brain though) and the lack of a detailed bibliography, although she includes some brief notes on further reading at the end.
basbleu_dans_labiblioteque's review against another edition
adventurous
informative
inspiring
fast-paced
4.0
lucymacdonald's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
5.0
meggoodwin's review against another edition
informative
medium-paced
4.5
One of the best history books I have read, coming from someone with a slightly unhealthy obsession with them.
The author has obviously invested an incredible amount of time and effort into researching hunners of women who have contributed to Scottish history. She has managed to be both inclusive and intersectional, which is sadly missing from a lot of books of this genre, and has acknowledged the challenges in representing these groups within the book.
This is a must-read for anyone interested in Scottish history and should inform how we teach future generations!
The author has obviously invested an incredible amount of time and effort into researching hunners of women who have contributed to Scottish history. She has managed to be both inclusive and intersectional, which is sadly missing from a lot of books of this genre, and has acknowledged the challenges in representing these groups within the book.
This is a must-read for anyone interested in Scottish history and should inform how we teach future generations!
lynsey1889's review against another edition
4.0
This is glorious. Full of stories about women who have contributed to Scotland but who have been left out of the history books. It's dense and definitely not for reading all in one go. I've dipped in and out regularly and will likely dip into again in the future. I'm very happy I found this in a shop on Orkney and am very happy it exists!
raaahella's review against another edition
5.0
What an essential book for the 21st Century. Why do we mainly have monuments of men, and areas named after men? This book reminds both sexes that women have contributed to our history more than we realize. It is something we need to offer in schools regularly and send to politicians to read and understand why these changes need to take place. I received this book in July and began reading it while many of the BIOPC and Black Lives Matter protests were taking place. They were removing old statues that were celebrating white guys who had slaves or supported slavery and other inhumane acts. I am so glad I have the ability to educate myself on these issues and plan to continue doing so in the future.
falloutiona's review against another edition
5.0
“this is a guidebook to that alternative nation, where the cave on staffa is named after malvina rather than fingal, and arthur’s seat isn’t arthur’s, it belongs to st triduana. you arrive into dundee at slessor station and the victorian monument on stirling’s abbey hill interprets national identity through the women who ran hospitals during the first world war. the west highland way ends at fort mary. the old lady of hoy is a prominent orkney landmark. and the plinths in central glasgow proudly display statues of the suffragettes who fought until they won.”
felicityebhaslin's review against another edition
challenging
informative
inspiring
slow-paced
3.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Misogyny and War
Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Sexism, Suicide, Police brutality, Slavery, and Violence
Minor: Murder, Pregnancy, Genocide, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Hate crime, and Alcohol
All mentioned in an informative way, and they were real things that happened to historical women, but still potentially saddening or triggering to read about