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She Caused a Riot: 100 Unknown Women Who Built Cities, Sparked Revolutions, and Massively Crushed It Paperback – March 6, 2018

by Hannah Jewell (Author)

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Meet the bold women history has tried to forget...until now!

Women's stories are often written as if they spent their entire time on earth casting woeful but beautiful glances toward the horizon and swooning at the thought of any conflict.

Well, that's not how it f**king happened. When you hear about a woman who was 100 percent pure and good, you're probably missing the best chapters of her story. Maybe she slept around. Maybe she stole. Maybe she crashed planes. Maybe she got shot, or maybe she shot a bad guy (who probably had it coming). Maybe she caused a scandal. Maybe she caused a riot...

From badass writer Hannah Jewell, a Washington Post video host, She Caused a Riot is an empowering, no-holds-barred look into the epic adventures and dangerous exploits of 100 inspiring women who absolutely crushed it. They were too brave, too brilliant, too unconventional, too political, too poor, and not white enough to be recognized by their shitty contemporaries. Fearless and gift-worthy, this riot book is a bold tribute to the powerful women who came before us in the spirit of Bad Girls Throughout History, In Praise of Difficult Women, Bygone Badass Broads, and Being Boss.

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320 pages
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English
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March 6, 2018
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7 x 0.8 x 9 inches
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1492662925
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978-1492662921
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When you hear the story of a woman who lived a life that was 100% pure and good, you’re probably missing the best bits. The nasty bits.

An empowering, no-holds-barred look into the epic adventures and dangerous exploits of 100 inspiring women.

From 3rd-century Syrian queen Zenobia to 20th-century Nigerian women's rights activist Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti.

She Caused A Riot will inspire a courageous new movement of women to do the same.

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"Jewell narrates the lives of these women with a righteous comic and conversational tone, and her enthusiasm is contagious...galvanizing and laugh-out-loud funny, this book is a riot on par with the women it presents. " - Booklist

"Laugh-out-loud funny and inspiring, this book introduces you to these women like they're your besties. Read it to pick a glorious new role model, collect awesome cocktail party banter, and feel more connected to strong women all across time." - Krista Suh, creator of the Pussyhat Project and author of DIY Rules for a WTF World

"A fun, hilarious read that will make a fantastic addition to your feminist library and historical knowledge." - Ann Shen, author of Bad Girls Throughout History

"It's a history book but not a textbook, unless one's history professors are totally rad. It's funny and presented as a salve to the current injustices of the world...It provides hope that women have survived worse, and will not only roll with the punches but nevertheless persist." - Hers Magazine

About the Author

Hannah Jewell is an on camera host for the video team at The Washington Post. She was previously a writer at BuzzFeed UK, where she became known for her humor writing about gender and her satire of UK and US politics, and for presenting BuzzFeed's live 2016 election night show. She was born in London, but her parents whisked her away to California when she was a baby, and so she grew up frolicking on beaches and through redwood forests. She earned a degree from UC Berkeley in Middle Eastern Studies, taking a year out to study and work in Beirut. She had a great time in Lebanon but now is unfortunately banned from that country. She then returned to the UK in 2013 for an MPhil in International Relations and Politics at Cambridge, which was mostly fine. Her career highlight so far was breaking the story of the "Milifandom" for BuzzFeed, a strange phenomenon when teen girls across Britain went wild for the leader of the Labour Party Ed Miliband in the 2015 general election. Now she lives in Washington and wishes she had cats.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Sourcebooks (March 6, 2018)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 320 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1492662925
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1492662921
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.65 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7 x 0.8 x 9 inches

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Bob B.

Historical attention getter.

Reviewed in the United States on June 2, 2018

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She Caused a Riot unveils lesser-known women heroes in history who made incredible impacts during their time period. Important reading for both men and women as it illuminates why women must fight for equality. Hannah Jewell’s satirical, self-deprecating, insightful and entertaining portrayal of women through the ages kept my interest from page 1 to the Glossary. Revealing historical repression to women was a direct hit to my soft, baby-boomer, white male, entitled gut. Hannah had me laughing, crying, shouting out in anger at oppression through her gifted, Millennium-style writing. The timing of this book is perfect! My biggest compliment is that this book created a change in me. I desire to be a change agent to fix wrongs that have been done. She Caused a Riot would create wonderful discussions for book clubs.

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Chris JJ

A wonderfully well written, highly factual, beautifully presented, and witty tour de force!

Reviewed in the United States on June 21, 2018

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If you're looking for a traditional history book with just the facts presented in a dry and stodgy strait-laced style, don't buy this!
Ms Jewell clearly has a remarkably unique style of writing that entertains the reader with her humorous observations, presented in a full-on Millennial-conversational style, and yet still she deftly gives you all the facts and references you need to delve more deeply into the lives and achievements of her 100 feisty/nasty women. The women Jewell covers are from all across the globe, from ancient times to recent modern history. All these women deserve to be recognized but were generally relegated to the 'second division' of history, no doubt because of their gender. I found the section on the brave women who resisted the Nazis in Germany especially moving.
I really appreciated the glossary of Millennial slang for the older folks like myself!

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Desert Dweller

Not funny

Reviewed in the United States on November 27, 2018

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The author tried too hard to be funny and she isn't. She kept injecting her humor into the stories that totally detracted from the information. I really like the premise of learning about these woman. Can't even finish the book because the stories are cluttered with stupid humor.

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tsgatl

NOT for children or anyone who doesn’t care for vulgar coarse books

Reviewed in the United States on June 21, 2018

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Bought for young teen daughter who loves biographies about women. Huge mistake. Language is coarse and vulgar. Sad I exposed my daughter to this. Straight to trash.

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M. Fenn

Inspiring Herstory

Reviewed in the United States on October 15, 2019

I loved this book! Loved, loved, loved it. If you're a feminist worn down by the heartbreaking struggle of the last three years, this book will pick up your spirits--at least while you're reading and/or listening to it. I got a free audiobook copy from the LibraryThing Early Reviewer program. Rachael Beresford does a fantastic job of bringing Hannah Jewell's words to life. Note, there's a lot of swearing and smacking around of the menz. If that gets your panties in a knot, you probably want to try something else. For me, though, (a 57 year-old chick) it's awesome.

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David Austin

Humor + Wit + Lady History

Reviewed in the United States on March 6, 2018

What a smart and funny book that tackles a realm of under-appreciated, badass women with ease and lightness. It is laugh-out-loud funny, easy to consume, but hard-hitting and oh-so-necessary. Thank you for this collection of stories of women who shook up the world.

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Sarah

Humorous History

Reviewed in the United States on May 11, 2018

I really enjoyed this book. It includes a great collection of historical women from all over the world. The majority of them I had never heard of before so it was great being able to learn about the amazing things they did. Hannah Jewell did a great job in writing this nonfiction book. It was really funny at times, which is my favorite kind of nonfiction. Her snark and humor were so on point, it felt more like she was telling me about these women over dinner rather than through a book. I would highly recommend!

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kwhite30

Coarse language

Reviewed in the United States on January 22, 2019

I really wanted to like this book. All those intriguing women that we've never heard of, and look at the great things they did. But I just couldn't get past the language. I am an aging Baby Boomer, not one of the Millennials another reviewer mentioned. So I guess I'll just have to move on to something else. Sorry to miss learning about these women.

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