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174 reviews for:
Give Her Credit: The Untold Account of a Women's Bank That Empowered a Generation
Grace L. Williams
3.37 AVERAGE
174 reviews for:
Give Her Credit: The Untold Account of a Women's Bank That Empowered a Generation
Grace L. Williams
3.37 AVERAGE
“Let the women vote, they can’t do any worse than the men.”
I'll start off my saying I don't typically read non-fiction. This Kindle First book for December sounded intriguing, so I thought I'd give it a shot. Please take this review with a grain of salt.
I appreciate the research that was put into writing this book - it's an interesting topic that women faced not very long ago. I'm all about women-empowerment and equality and I was hopeful this book would run with that. However, I think this book would have benefitted from another round of editing -- for a short 200 page book, this book felt LONG. The author introduces just about EVERYONE who had a hand in women's banks and goes into too much detail on many of their backgrounds. If we took out all of details, the rest of the story is the group meeting monthly and waiting around. I know it was a group effort, and again, I appreciate the research the author's research, but it may be been better to focus on 3-4 of the main individuals (or at least get into all of the details on just a few) while telling the overall story.
I enjoyed the beginning, and felt the epilogue summed up the book quite nicely, but could have done with a shorter version of the rest of it.
I'll start off my saying I don't typically read non-fiction. This Kindle First book for December sounded intriguing, so I thought I'd give it a shot. Please take this review with a grain of salt.
I appreciate the research that was put into writing this book - it's an interesting topic that women faced not very long ago. I'm all about women-empowerment and equality and I was hopeful this book would run with that. However, I think this book would have benefitted from another round of editing -- for a short 200 page book, this book felt LONG. The author introduces just about EVERYONE who had a hand in women's banks and goes into too much detail on many of their backgrounds. If we took out all of details, the rest of the story is the group meeting monthly and waiting around. I know it was a group effort, and again, I appreciate the research the author's research, but it may be been better to focus on 3-4 of the main individuals (or at least get into all of the details on just a few) while telling the overall story.
I enjoyed the beginning, and felt the epilogue summed up the book quite nicely, but could have done with a shorter version of the rest of it.
informative
inspiring
medium-paced
I enjoyed this a lot more than I thought I would. Banking in and of itself isn’t interesting to me - but women’s stories always are.
I appreciated the paragraphs giving larger context since I wasn’t alive in the 70s, and American history classes don’t teach about sexism or racism.
I thought the book was accessible to people who know nothing about finance (me) and it was a quick read!
I appreciated the paragraphs giving larger context since I wasn’t alive in the 70s, and American history classes don’t teach about sexism or racism.
I thought the book was accessible to people who know nothing about finance (me) and it was a quick read!
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