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4.39 AVERAGE
4.39 AVERAGE
“So, if anyone ever tells you no, of anyone says your voice isn't important or your dreams are too big, remember these women. They persisted and so should you.”
So, this book is about 13 fabulous American Women from different fields who didn't give up. Despite all odds, they've persisted. There were some women of whom I've never heard before. However, I wouldn't mention them all in this review. I would rather other readers to read this book. Now, as a physician, I would like to mention Dr. Virginia Apgar who was an American obstetrical anesthesiologist. She was best known as the inventor of APGAR Score, a way to quickly assess the health of a newborn child immediately after birth. It's a shame that I didn't know her from my med school for I used her method hundreds of time while assessing the condition of a newborn baby. I think every Neonatologist should be grateful to her forever!
So, this book is about 13 fabulous American Women from different fields who didn't give up. Despite all odds, they've persisted. There were some women of whom I've never heard before. However, I wouldn't mention them all in this review. I would rather other readers to read this book. Now, as a physician, I would like to mention Dr. Virginia Apgar who was an American obstetrical anesthesiologist. She was best known as the inventor of APGAR Score, a way to quickly assess the health of a newborn child immediately after birth. It's a shame that I didn't know her from my med school for I used her method hundreds of time while assessing the condition of a newborn baby. I think every Neonatologist should be grateful to her forever!
I LOVE THIS SO MUCH! Small vignettes of thirteen American women who changed the world in their own fields are presented very accessibly to young readers. The illustrations are also a big draw; Berry is OBSESSED with Dr. Virginia Apgar's page with all of the babies. <3
Reviewing this as an elementary teacher I would have to say this is the perfect book. It is an incredible text to use to introduce kids to these amazing female trailblazers but it also can be used to have kids find out more about these people. Great book to have on classroom and bedroom shelves.
Important history, inspiration, and encouragement. Give it to all the kids and grownups in your life. Everyone needs to know these stories!
I really wanted to love She Persisted by Chelsea Clinton, but I have to admit I only liked it. I saw a fundamental flaw with it in that she equates persistence with not taking no for an answer by opening and closing the books with phrases about not taking no for an answer. How can we be teaching that no means no on the one hand and that we shouldn't take no for an answer on the other hand? There are far too many people who have used this attitude in harmful ways. If we want men to take no for an answer, then we, as women, have to also be careful about how we teach persistence. I think it's important to teach persistence and to demonstrate how women have had to overcome doubters and those who refused them so much as a chance. When I got past Clinton's focus on the phrasing of not taking no for an answer, I found the stories of the women who persisted and refused to be shut down inspiring and interesting. If I were reading this to a child, I would skip times she used the phrases about not taking no for an answer, and the message would be just as strong, perhaps even stronger. The illustrations by Alexandra Boiger are fun and perfectly suited to the book. Overall, She Persisted fell a bit short of what I hoped it would be in spite of the inspiring women whose stories were included in it.
Great collection all about some wonderful women of herstory!
Whether I will have daughters or sons, you can be sure that I will be reading them this book. I will also encourage them to read it themselves! I found this book to be inspiring as an adult female, so I cannot begin to imagine how important this might be a to a little girl who is going to have to find her place in the world (and also the little boys who will help shape this world alongside all of the little girls when they grow up). Young children do not discriminate, but are taught to do so while growing up in our society and world, so I think that it’s very important to teach them about equality as early as possible! This book is an important read for children and adults alike!
Love this book, my daughter got it for Christmas. So happy to see Claudette Colvin included in a book about women who changed the world.
I like that she chose both well-known and not so well-known women. The text about each is brief, inviting readers to find out more...and maybe add other women who have changed the world.
Illustrated for the young but stories that feed old souls and young alike