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A review by just_fighting_censorship
She Persisted by Chelsea Clinton
1.0
Overall, pretty benign, not particularly memorable or well written. The watercolor illustrations are nice but also represent the soft generic feel of this book. If this book were a color, it would be boring beige. Nothing new or interesting here, move on.
Disclaimer...I am no Clinton fan and there is a very large part of me that thinks this was more about $$$ than strengthening young minds. Why else use a trending political hashtag as a title and then follow it up with such a basic ineffectual book? There is nothing particularly wrong with the women covered in this book, other than many are already the go-to women for this type of book (have seen them over and over). The information and writing on these 13 is very basic, boring, and lacking in creativity.
I did like that a quote from each woman is included.
Women included in this book:
Harriet Tubman
Helen Keller
Clara Lemlich
Nellie Bly
Virginia Apgar
Maria Tallchief
Claudette Colvin
Ruby Bridges
Margaret Chase Smith
Sally Ride
Florence Griffith Joyner
Oprah Winfrey
Sonia Sotomayor
Disclaimer...I am no Clinton fan and there is a very large part of me that thinks this was more about $$$ than strengthening young minds. Why else use a trending political hashtag as a title and then follow it up with such a basic ineffectual book? There is nothing particularly wrong with the women covered in this book, other than many are already the go-to women for this type of book (have seen them over and over). The information and writing on these 13 is very basic, boring, and lacking in creativity.
I did like that a quote from each woman is included.
Women included in this book:
Harriet Tubman
Helen Keller
Clara Lemlich
Nellie Bly
Virginia Apgar
Maria Tallchief
Claudette Colvin
Ruby Bridges
Margaret Chase Smith
Sally Ride
Florence Griffith Joyner
Oprah Winfrey
Sonia Sotomayor