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Herstory: Women Who Changed the World

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Here's one of the few great books that focus on women and their accomplishments only instead of men. This book featured 120 biographal sketches of women such as Cleopatra VII, Queen Victoria, Anna Pavlova, Gabrielle "Coco" Channel, Harriet Tubmanm, Elizabeth Blackwell, Queen Elizabeth I, and much, much more. These biographies are all wonderful, easy to read, and clearly say what these women have done and accomplished. This is the perfect book for anyone who wants to read about women who have done amazing things. After all, women are capable of accomplishing and doing anything, and this book clearly shows that!

What a gem! I have many history books about women because I want to share women's history with my children. I was of the generation where women were left out of the history class and I feel that women are still in large left out of much of the classes in today's schools. This book does a great job of including many women from different eras, genres and ethnicities. There are photos and great summaries that are short enough to interest children, but in-depth enough to give the reader a knowledgeable understanding. I highly recommend this book to anyone, at any level!

A big, bright, attractive young adult-friendly but not dumbed-down reference. I'm particularly impressed by the balance achieved here between individual personalities and larger historical trends. Brava.

This is the best book! Are you tired or reading about history through the eyes of a man? Before this history was documented by wars and treatys but this book is totally different. You learn about history as well as her-story, I learned about more than a hundred other women who changed the movement of the world. Some created inventions, others opened schools, they fighted for wemens rights and protested their weekness by working twice as hard as any man. This was a great book I really injoyed reading it, I hope you do too.

Illustrations:
Each woman has some sort of illustration to accompany her biography. Some are photos, others are illustrations. The book contains several diagrams and charts. All illustrations are black and white.

Layout of type:
The type is organized in a single column, as a novel would traditionally be formatted. Each biography is preceded by large, bold fonts, which contains the subject of the biography. A quote from the woman introduces each entry and is set in italics. Illustrations contain captions in italics. There are several text boxes and sidebars throughout the book presenting information on topics related to the subject of the biography.

Chapters:
Seeking out the invisible woman by Gloria Steinem
Preface by Ruth Ashby
The dawn: Prehistory to 1750
From revolution to revolution: 1750-1850
The global community: 1890 to present

Features:
The introduction is written by Gloria Steinem. There are biographies for women of many nationalities and ethnicities, beginning with Queen Hatshepsut and ending with Rigoberta Menchu. The chronological organization allows readers to understand these women in the context of the time period in which each lived. There is a lengthy bibliography covering 4 pages. There is a list of contributors and acknowledgments. The index is organized geographically, alphabetically, and occupationally.

Assessment:
As a resource, this is a reliable reference. The bibliography shows the extent to which the author went to conduct her research. The book contains biographies for 120 richly varied and diverse women.

This is a great series of short biographies. I was looking for something to supplement my children's all-male history course, and this is perfect. It has a wide variety of women from all parts of the world and is written in a kid friendly way. The only thing I would improve is to have the dates, what they were famous for, and the country they come from in the Table of Contents for easier reference.