A review by sage5357
What Would Cleopatra Do?: Life Lessons from 50 of History's Most Extraordinary Women by Elizabeth Foley

4.0

I picked up this book for a quick read on my commute, and overall I enjoyed it. The artwork was fantastic, and there were actually more than a few women in this book that I had never heard of (I am so embarrassed to say!!!) so that was really great :) I’m not sure what I expected, maybe more hard-hitting historical essays, and initially I wasn’t really prepared for the super casual, irreverent humor and writing but I think it definitely worked. It just threw me for a bit, I wasn’t expecting something like this. It was a cute, funny, fascinating book though. Also I loved that it was intersectional and the specific chapter titles (“Mae West and being body positive,” “Hedy Lamarr and knowing your worth”) were really creative and great! This book definitely has made me want to do some further reading on the women featured, especially the ones that I didn’t know much about to begin with.