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alicealbus's review against another edition
4.0
Loved learning about many lesser known female pioneers. The writing style makes it an easy read, however as the segment on each woman is quite short the book doesn’t always flow very well, making it feel quite stop-start & difficult to get in to.
elenasquareeyes's review against another edition
3.0
The modern day life lessons based on women throughout history were a bit cheesy at times but I did enjoy learning a lot about various women that I'd often either never heard of or had just heard of their name and knew nothing about their achievements or lives.
nd2712's review
4.0
There's been a trend recently of books that celebrate women of history and write little excerpts about them that reveal their place in history that's more often than not been glossed over. From 'Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls' to '21 Women of British History', the genre is starting to become vastly oversaturated- enough that it's difficult to have any kind of differentiation between these books. This one is different.
Rather than just talking about different women, this one gives you reasons why they're badass, reasons why they stood out amongst others in their fields and during the periods of time they were alive. For example- 'Mae West and body positivity' is one of my personal favourites, purely because I've done a lot of work on females in film and how they work against stereotype. This book will make you feel better about the world. It'll make you look at everyone from Coco Chanel to Frida Kahlo and examine what made those women great and how much they have in common with women of today. I think it's an excellent read for ladies of any age. It'll teach you how to win at life- but generally, just make you feel a little better about the state of the world.
Rather than just talking about different women, this one gives you reasons why they're badass, reasons why they stood out amongst others in their fields and during the periods of time they were alive. For example- 'Mae West and body positivity' is one of my personal favourites, purely because I've done a lot of work on females in film and how they work against stereotype. This book will make you feel better about the world. It'll make you look at everyone from Coco Chanel to Frida Kahlo and examine what made those women great and how much they have in common with women of today. I think it's an excellent read for ladies of any age. It'll teach you how to win at life- but generally, just make you feel a little better about the state of the world.
ruthmoog's review against another edition
I hadn't realised this was about several women (apparently 50 people's stories), so was disappointed by the lack of depth and exploration of Boudicca.
I didn't enjoy the style, the delivery of the audiobook was like a smug horrible histories. It was delivering a snarky-feminist summary of so many women who really did experience traumitic events in their lifetimes and that wasn't enjoyable or engaging for me.
I didn't enjoy the style, the delivery of the audiobook was like a smug horrible histories. It was delivering a snarky-feminist summary of so many women who really did experience traumitic events in their lifetimes and that wasn't enjoyable or engaging for me.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Misogyny
Moderate: Cursing and Rape
gallsop06's review against another edition
emotional
informative
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
fast-paced
4.0
paniquemecanique's review
3.0
In France we would call it "du féminisme de comptoir". It is easy light feminism without any real depth to it. Nice if you want to discover feminist theories.