A review by shelbyroars
Agents of Change: The Women Who Transformed the CIA by Christina Hillsberg

adventurous informative tense fast-paced

5.0

 
I was lucky enough to listen to the ARC of this book the week it was released. Hillsberg shares stories of a handful of women in the CIA. It does not come as a surprise to know that the agency is a place in which the patriarchy is fostered and women are considered less effective due in large part because they have uteruses. This book shows the real women who existed and exist in the CIA. Hilsberg shares stories that showcase the ways in which women are more effective in the field, alongside the things women put up with so as not to face backlash, the person lives they pushed to the side and neglected, and more. This is definitely a book I intend to listen to again. And physically read it, with a lot of annotation.  

My favorite part:: Hillsberg is a retired agent. 

Content warnings: (these are all present in the stories, but Hillsberg is able to authentically tell the stories of the women in the CIA without being explicit in the description of these occurrences). 

Sexual harassment
Racism 
Death
Violence  
homophobia 

 
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