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3.99 AVERAGE
3.99 AVERAGE
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VERY fun, with very beautiful watercolors! I learned about a lot of people who I had never heard of before, so this would be a great way to help kids select historic figures for school projects. However, not all of the information seems fully accurate, and sometimes is a little misleading, based on the women who I am familiar with.
Definitely worthwhile as a way to inspire further research, and a gorgeous book to encourage creativity, but do not take all of its descriptions as facts.
Definitely worthwhile as a way to inspire further research, and a gorgeous book to encourage creativity, but do not take all of its descriptions as facts.
A glorious collection of mini biographies that showcase some of the wonderful women the world has had the pleasure to see! I just wish there was more to read! So empowering and positive in every way!
4.5/5. This would be such a fun book to give as a gift.
Really quick and light read, which is obviously not a comprehensive guide to any of the womens’ lives and controversies.
Drawings are mostly enjoyable.
Drawings are mostly enjoyable.
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The illustrations are beautiful, seriously, I want to hang them up on a wall. Some of the entries I thought could have been longer, and certainly I think there are women who are lesser known who deserve a time to shine too. But I did appreciate that just about every entry had me pausing or telling a fact to someone--seriously, Helen Keller helped start the ACLU??
It's a lovely book, I hope Shen writes ten more just like it.
It's a lovely book, I hope Shen writes ten more just like it.
informative
fast-paced
A good coffee table read. Definitely misleading and not as kid friendly as the pretty cover would indicate, but a good overview of a lot of powerful women!
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I picked up this book to read to my 8 and 10 year old thinking it was along the lines of Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls. It was not. I ended up editing out a lot while reading to the girls. They loved the art and wanted to read it through, which is why we kept going.
To start it's very white Western cis-gendered focused, with perhaps no inclusion of Indigenous American women at all? The biggest problem I had was the portrayal of the women as sexy, seductresses rather than their accomplishments. Cleopatra, ruled for over a decade, built up the economy, was a skilled diplomat. Was this the basis of her accomplishment? Nope. Being a sexy sexypot. Same for Mata Hari, her only accomplishment was sex work, Boudicca, her daughters' rape. The second sentence about Eleanor Roosevelt mentions her husband's affair. Ada Lovelace. Thought to be one of the first known computer programmers, she is summarized by her so-called scandalous life. These women were so much more than that.
The writing wasn't great- I came across a lot of repetition. For example, the author uses the word vocal twice in one sentence when talking about Billie Holiday. I struggled with the inclusion of some women, like Margaret Thatcher. Role model? errrr...
In short, it's really pretty, short on substance. Disappointing.
To start it's very white Western cis-gendered focused, with perhaps no inclusion of Indigenous American women at all? The biggest problem I had was the portrayal of the women as sexy, seductresses rather than their accomplishments. Cleopatra, ruled for over a decade, built up the economy, was a skilled diplomat. Was this the basis of her accomplishment? Nope. Being a sexy sexypot. Same for Mata Hari, her only accomplishment was sex work, Boudicca, her daughters' rape. The second sentence about Eleanor Roosevelt mentions her husband's affair. Ada Lovelace. Thought to be one of the first known computer programmers, she is summarized by her so-called scandalous life. These women were so much more than that.
The writing wasn't great- I came across a lot of repetition. For example, the author uses the word vocal twice in one sentence when talking about Billie Holiday. I struggled with the inclusion of some women, like Margaret Thatcher. Role model? errrr...
In short, it's really pretty, short on substance. Disappointing.