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Editorial Reviews
From Publishers Weekly
There are more than enough feisty women on this side of the Atlantic to fill an entire book, decided Vicki Le¢n (Uppity Women of the Renaissance, etc.), so she did. The result is Uppity Women of the New World, a hilarious yet sobering glance at 200 women in North and South America and Australia who took their destinies into their own hands. Some are famous, but most are not, like enterprising Mary Salmon, who in 1754 wasted no time picking up where her late husband left off as a Boston blacksmith and continued, as advertised, to shod gentlemen's horses "with fidelity and dispatch." 5-city author tour.
From Booklist
The fourth and final installment in the Uppity Women series features those adventurous and ambitious females who helped launch and firmly establish colonies in the Americas, New Zealand, and Australia. Displaying remarkable verve and tenacity despite the incredible hardships they faced, the 220 women profiled include explorers, entrepreneurs, spies, religious leaders, rebels, soldiers, criminals, and pirates. Although standard histories often overlook the contributions and achievements of non-Europeans, Leon is careful^B to include a number of overdue tributes to native women. Of special note is the attention paid to the tremendous advances made by women in the always troubled arena of race relations. A wise and humorous testament to a remarkable array of females. Margaret Flanagan
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There are more than enough feisty women on this side of the Atlantic to fill an entire book, decided Vicki Le¢n (Uppity Women of the Renaissance, etc.), so she did. The result is Uppity Women of the New World, a hilarious yet sobering glance at 200 women in North and South America and Australia who took their destinies into their own hands. Some are famous, but most are not, like enterprising Mary Salmon, who in 1754 wasted no time picking up where her late husband left off as a Boston blacksmith and continued, as advertised, to shod gentlemen's horses "with fidelity and dispatch." 5-city author tour.
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From Booklist
The fourth and final installment in the Uppity Women series features those adventurous and ambitious females who helped launch and firmly establish colonies in the Americas, New Zealand, and Australia. Displaying remarkable verve and tenacity despite the incredible hardships they faced, the 220 women profiled include explorers, entrepreneurs, spies, religious leaders, rebels, soldiers, criminals, and pirates. Although standard histories often overlook the contributions and achievements of non-Europeans, Leon is careful^B to include a number of overdue tributes to native women. Of special note is the attention paid to the tremendous advances made by women in the always troubled arena of race relations. A wise and humorous testament to a remarkable array of females. Margaret Flanagan
Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved
See all Editorial Reviews
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