A review by annayahp
What Would Boudicca Do?: Everyday Problems Solved by History's Most Remarkable Women by Elizabeth Foley

2.0

The key concept of reading about women in history was really good, and I learnt about a lot of women I had never heard of. But like other reviewers say this book is very much #girlboss feminism, and oversimplified and condescended throughout. Simplifying the complicated legacy of some very brutal women into a lesson for the 21st century not only undermined the story but also patronised the reader. It's pitched at a working woman audience, but it reads more like teens discovering feminism for the first time. So, if you've studied feminism more this book will likely frustrate you. I had to slog through it to finish.

If you take the book with a pinch of salt, you can get through it and learn something new. But I wouldn't seek it out. I also just finished The Philosopher Queens, which felt like it was a more mature version of this book. I'd really recommend that instead.