100 Remarkable Women Who Changed the World - Bad Girls Throughout History

I LOVE this book. I bought for my granddaughters but I'm reading it first. It's besutiful, we'll bound and most importantly, packed with fun facts and inspiring stories!! I highly recommend this book and will beventually buying more copies. I showed a friend at work and she wants a copy too.

This is such a beautiful book, packed with thoughtful profiles and stunning portraits of 100 truly fascinating, complex, and groundbreaking women who all made history. It’s also such an excellent resource— I found myself looking up about every woman featured and binge-learning even more of their legacies. Worth reading and rereading, it's an excellent gift for just about anyone. I love this book and plan to share my copies as gifts for my sisters and with as many friends as possible.

This is such a beautiful book, packed with thoughtful profiles and stunning portraits of 100 truly fascinating, complex, and groundbreaking women who all made history. It’s also such an excellent resource— I found myself looking up about every woman featured and binge-learning even more of their legacies. Worth reading and rereading, it's an excellent gift for just about anyone. I love this book and plan to share my copies as gifts for my sisters and with as many friends as possible.

I though this was a kid’s book. I almost brought this to my GS meeting. Good thing I didn’t! I would be a fired volunteer! My 10yo was reading it out loud & luckily read the word as “organism”. Mismarketed for certain!!!

The whole delivery process was great. The seller if fine. But the book is a disappointment. I wish I had paid attention to the return date so that I could send it back or at least exchange it with another book.
The visual appeal of the book is awesome, but the content didn't speak to me. The author puts valuable women who changed history in the same position as she puts criminals and artists. I wasn't expecting that.

I got this book for my daughter and we love it! We read through about a few women per night. She has found some of the women she's read about in school and is excited to be learning more about them. The photos are gorgeous and it's hard for me not to "cheat" and keep reading after she goes to bed. Great book!

I usually don't write reviews but this book was such a great read and so giftable. I love the short stories about the awesome women throughout the history- great coffee table book, you can just pick it up and flip to any page to start almost. I gave two away as birthday gifts and they really loved it too! Lastly, the illustrations are super cute and whimsical

I expected this to be an inspirational book to read to my daughter as she grows up--to be herself, to challenge adversity....

It turns out, the stories kind of take a lay-it-all-out-there approach with brutal honesty, and in some cases, it promotes behaviors that go against my values--like sleeping around.

If my own moral code wasn't an issue, I still wouldn't be excited to read it to my kid until we're ready to discuss things like rape and the word bitch.

I haven't read the whole thing, but what I've seen makes me regret buying it. I'm getting rid of it.

A better, similar book, in my opinion, is Girls Think of Everything.

If you are limited to 100 people, you are going to leave out someone's favorite.

As a quick intro to interesting women, OK. Not everyone will agree that each woman is laudable, but whatever.

My chief complaint is with the formatting. What the heck? Page numbers in the middle of a margin? Index by WHAT?????? You either have to read the book all the way through or, if you want to read about a particular woman, know her birthdate, because, the index is by the year she was born rather than her name.

Nice art. "Nice." Not great. Making people skinnier and prettier . . . I guess that the original art gives us consistent portraits, but it is not an arresting style. Just pretty good and a bit prettified.

Probably I will grow to like it more as I read it again, but I had hoped for more substance.

I am a sixth grade teacher and bought this book for my classroom library, thinking it'd be a great addition. However, after browsing through it, I noticed that this book is too mature for my students at this age. Bettie Page and some other women are depicted in their lingerie, which just isn't okay in my sixth grade classroom. Sadly, I had to return it.

A fun, lively look at women from as early as the Bible (Lilith) to as recent as Malala Yousafzai. Each is represented by a beautiful illustration & a brief biography which inspired me to find out more about these women. A bibliography at the end provides us with some guidance on where to go next.

This would make a great gift for a young gal (jr. high, high school, college grad gift) and also a good starting point for a young man who wants to learn more about powerful women who have made a difference. Also perfect for a gift between friends.

I was also pleased to see the inclusion of less obvious "bad" women like Nora Ephron, Mary Quant, Sister Corita Kent, and Mary Blair.

This is a great little collection of short, one- or two-page bios of "bad girls," women who did what they needed to do rather than what they were expected to do. There are warrior queens and pirate queens, actors and writers, inventors, actors who became inventors, politicians, doctors, nurses, notorious criminals, and spies. It's light, lively, with fun, colorful art showing the women described.

It is, sadly, quite oversimplified, probably inevitable given the limited space. We don't know if the story of Cleopatra and the asp is true. Major events in Eva Peron's career are dropped out entirely. And in some places, it's just completely, inexcusably, unnecessarily wrong. The Constitution under which George Washington and then John Adams became President was not even adopted until years after the Revolution. So, no, while John and Abigail Adams were the first Presidential couple to live in the Presidential Mansion in Washington, they didn't live there during the Revolution. Exactly zero thought had been given to a possible future capital for the new United States of America during the war, when the working capital was Philadelphia. Now, Abigail was John's full partner and a vital part of his career, but muddling the history like that just subtracts from the whole. There are other factual errors like that, and you will likely have your own "favorites."

That said, though, this is interesting, entertaining, and really doesn't pretend to be anything other than a brief introduction to the women. They're all potentially fascinating, and this is a great starting point if you're looking for a direction to go off in for further reading about trouble-making women in history.

I got this from Kindle Unlimited.

I felt the author included women who really didn't belong in this book. Many of them were entertainment stars. Though they were famous, most of them weren't really game-changers for the world. I also felt that the author left out women who belonged based on her own political leanings. For instance, she included Ruth Ginsburg - the SECOND female Supreme Court Justice in the United States. However, she completely neglected to mention Sandra Day O'Connor, the FIRST female Supreme Court Justice. She was the first female Majority Leader of a state senate as the Republican leader in the Arizona Senate, as well. Several publications have named O'Connor among the most powerful women in the world. And, Obama awarded her with the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

Many of the women are definitely not role models. For example, the book also includes Bonnie Elizabeth Parker of "Bonnie and Clyde" fame. I guess the book is titled "Bad Girls", but I'm not sure exactly how Bonnie changed the world. She's definitely not a woman I want my daughter to emulate.

All in all, this book was so-so and would have been much better had the author actually selected women who changed the world. And didn't leave out the ones that didn't agree with her political leanings. She also included mythological people, such as Lilith (a second wife of Adam). Surely, history is full of REAL women (whom we can prove actually existed) who changed the world.

I am glad that I borrowed this book with my the store Prime Reading membership and didn't actually pay money for it.

Of the few women i know detailed histories of that were included in this book, the brief history given here were wildly inaccurate. Then it became mostly actresses and some celebrities. And then some of these women were downplayed.

For example, jane Austen wrote the first modern novel. Not the first modern romantic novel. P&P was a guide to economics for women. Furthermore Austen was was engaged briefly to an extremely rich younger man as well but called off the engagement the next day. Brigid jones diary male protagonist was based on Darcy. Hardly based on Elizabeth Bennett, the heroine and her experience, which is what the book is really about.

The author left out women like admiral Grace Hopper who in my opinion was the mother of the 21st century, having invented the first computer compiler, which all modern computer languages are based on. Before she invented the compiler they said they would only need one or 2 computers per city. Thanks to Hopper we have the internet, tablets, chips in our fridges...

By the time I got to Lucille Ball i was skimming hard, did it mention she was the person who gave the go ahead for star trek?

Then Ostrom was left out, the first woman to win a Nobel prize in economics.

I am not sure the age group this book was intended for. Anyway it's amazing how many women were written out of history.

This book is full of historical inaccuracies and aggrandizement of certain figures that really, let's face it, are irrelevant compared to others. We have Lady Godiva in here but not Madeline Albright; and the complete lack of diversity and women in Africa, Middle East, and Latin America is disappointing, shocking, and leaves much to be desired. I am really, really, regretting have purchased this book and wish to return it immediately.

This book had adorable illustrations. I love that there was a unique one for the different women.

I most enjoyed learning about the first woman photographer who published a book of images. As a photographer it was cool to learn a little background into that. It definitely wasn’t anything I’d heard of before.

My kids are young, so I read this alone. But I feel like this would be great for older kids who are curious about historical women who made a good impact on the world in one way or another.

The “bad girls” is a clever name, but doesn’t mean naughty, it means they did something out of societies norm for them. Most of them did something very empowering.

It covered a very broad range of topics for the women in the book.

I read this book on my kindle iPad app, the second time I asked Alexa (the store Echo) to read it for me whileI was in the bath. It was really interesting even with Alexa’s choppy voice. It was kind of a fun read.

On a more political note, I enjoyed that this book is not just feminist propaganda. It’s just a good page into what makes them unique.

Is it really feminism when you directly contribute to the displacement, segregation, suppression and oppresion and even death of other women? This book praises all the "bad girls" but most of them are really just white feminists who used their powers to bring the subject of sex forth and completely dismayed the great struggles women of color faced while they were getting famous for being so comfortable with their sexuality. For that, I give this book 2 stars, they could have provided more context and how questionable some of these feminists truly are.

TW: the chapter on Carmen Miranda mentions abuse, but doesn't go into detail. Diana Nyad and rape from her swim coach.

Eh, this book is interesting but not the best book out there. Very much girl power and all that jazz, but not all of the facts are correct.

For example: Lilith isn't in the orginial bible. The Bible consists of books by authors who write about the same storyline. Lilith was added in another book that was never a part of the bible to begin with. She comes from myths and legends, and only the Gnostics mention her. Even then, they were wrong in their interpretations most of the time anyways.

Also, why should our role models be women who tortured people, killed their young and stolen items? It shouldn't be about just going against the grain but also doing morally good things (like not killing people, volunteering etc).

"Bad Girs" is a wonderfully entertaining and informative collection of short biographies on the brave women that helped humanity evolve into a more capable and productive civilization, though they might not have seen it this way.
I thouroughly enjoyed reading about the way that different women throughout history faced and overcame challenges and difficulties, and hope that my daughters can be the same.
The book is easy to read and I expect it to be a reference book for when I need solutions to unsolvable problems.

I absolutely love this book! I picked it out for my book group to read AND EVERY ONE loves it. It is fun, educational and very interesting. It has made me want to know more about these women. I think all women young and old should read it. I will get a copy for my granddaughter so that she will know....women can accomplish what they set their minds to. Women are strong....women can male a difference.

Now this book is definitely hard to read in one setting but every day i read a few lives at a time. Everyday i was inspired. The struggles and successes of women especially in todays world is celebrated perfectly in this book. I recommend everyone ready this book. I can not wait to see what the next 100 bad girls throughout history will accomplish.

I thought the book was okay. There are a lot of women featured from a variety of times and places. However, some of the choices were surprising, and there were women that I thought should’ve been included that weren’t. The biographies are very short (sometimes too short) but packed with information. The illustrations are very nice, and so are the captions that go with them. This makes a good coffee table book and conversation starter.

I think the bad girls throughout history is sooo interesting to read because it have 100 different women that changed the world & They broke alot of barriers & be very successful. From Actresses to Fashion Designers To Poets To Singers,They can Do Anything to set their beautiful minds to it & that's not bad for them.I gave it 5 stars because it have soooo much girl power!!!!

I saw this in Urban Outfitters yesterday and was excited scroll through it. It contains some rather fun and impressive illustrations and quite an expansive range of female figures from history, but it's view or scope of feminism is somewhat limited and generic. I was disappointed that the author omitted figures like Jacqueline Susann, Coco Chanel and Princess Diana but includes and celebrates figures like Eva Peron, a figure of fascism, Margaret Thatcher a conservative Tory who contributed nothing to feminism, and Edith Head who plagiarized a good portion of her work and made no lasting effect on women's fashion. It opens with Lilith a figure of Jewish mythology so why not also mention Athena and Venus while we're at it? It mentions Judy Blume but not the Bronte sisters? Cleopatra and Boudica are discussed but Empress Cixi who created modern China.
It seems to be a very trivial list of historic figures and not a serious presentation on the accomplishments of women in history.

If you like books that whitewash history and present people like Joan of Arc as make-up models, you will love this book! It's pretty and it PAINS me to give this a low review because I'm not sure when else I'll see Phyllis Diller in a young adult book.

This book is incredibly problematic in the whitewashing the author does. One example: Catherine the Great is presented as bringing religious freedom to Russia. Try telling that to the Jews who she forced to register and were only allowed to live in the Pale of Settlement, which set them up for pogroms. Another example is Margaret Thatcher. The author glosses over how Thatcher got to where she was on the backs of the working poor.

The style is applied inconsistently and in ways that are not representative. For example, on one page a female warrior is presented plainly. The next page presents Joan of Arc looking like Audrey Hepburn. Problematic because Joan was burnt at the stake in part for dressing like a man.
Not recommended.

Of the few women i know detailed histories of that were included in this book, the brief history given here were wildly inaccurate. Then it became mostly actresses and some celebrities. And then some of these women were downplayed.

For example, jane Austen wrote the first modern novel. Not the first modern romantic novel. P&P was a guide to economics for women. Furthermore Austen was was engaged briefly to an extremely rich younger man as well but called off the engagement the next day. Brigid jones diary male protagonist was based on Darcy. Hardly based on Elizabeth Bennett, the heroine and her experience, which is what the book is really about.

The author left out women like admiral Grace Hopper who in my opinion was the mother of the 21st century, having invented the first computer compiler, which all modern computer languages are based on. Before she invented the compiler they said they would only need one or 2 computers per city. Thanks to Hopper we have the internet, tablets, chips in our fridges...

By the time I got to Lucille Ball i was skimming hard, did it mention she was the person who gave the go ahead for star trek?

Then Ostrom was left out, the first woman to win a Nobel prize in economics.

I am not sure the age group this book was intended for. Anyway it's amazing how many women were written out of history.

This book is full of historical inaccuracies and aggrandizement of certain figures that really, let's face it, are irrelevant compared to others. We have Lady Godiva in here but not Madeline Albright; and the complete lack of diversity and women in Africa, Middle East, and Latin America is disappointing, shocking, and leaves much to be desired. I am really, really, regretting have purchased this book and wish to return it immediately.

This book had adorable illustrations. I love that there was a unique one for the different women.

I most enjoyed learning about the first woman photographer who published a book of images. As a photographer it was cool to learn a little background into that. It definitely wasn’t anything I’d heard of before.

My kids are young, so I read this alone. But I feel like this would be great for older kids who are curious about historical women who made a good impact on the world in one way or another.

The “bad girls” is a clever name, but doesn’t mean naughty, it means they did something out of societies norm for them. Most of them did something very empowering.

It covered a very broad range of topics for the women in the book.

I read this book on my kindle iPad app, the second time I asked Alexa (the store Echo) to read it for me whileI was in the bath. It was really interesting even with Alexa’s choppy voice. It was kind of a fun read.

On a more political note, I enjoyed that this book is not just feminist propaganda. It’s just a good page into what makes them unique.

Is it really feminism when you directly contribute to the displacement, segregation, suppression and oppresion and even death of other women? This book praises all the "bad girls" but most of them are really just white feminists who used their powers to bring the subject of sex forth and completely dismayed the great struggles women of color faced while they were getting famous for being so comfortable with their sexuality. For that, I give this book 2 stars, they could have provided more context and how questionable some of these feminists truly are.

TW: the chapter on Carmen Miranda mentions abuse, but doesn't go into detail. Diana Nyad and rape from her swim coach.

Eh, this book is interesting but not the best book out there. Very much girl power and all that jazz, but not all of the facts are correct.

For example: Lilith isn't in the orginial bible. The Bible consists of books by authors who write about the same storyline. Lilith was added in another book that was never a part of the bible to begin with. She comes from myths and legends, and only the Gnostics mention her. Even then, they were wrong in their interpretations most of the time anyways.

Also, why should our role models be women who tortured people, killed their young and stolen items? It shouldn't be about just going against the grain but also doing morally good things (like not killing people, volunteering etc).

"Bad Girs" is a wonderfully entertaining and informative collection of short biographies on the brave women that helped humanity evolve into a more capable and productive civilization, though they might not have seen it this way.
I thouroughly enjoyed reading about the way that different women throughout history faced and overcame challenges and difficulties, and hope that my daughters can be the same.
The book is easy to read and I expect it to be a reference book for when I need solutions to unsolvable problems.

I absolutely love this book! I picked it out for my book group to read AND EVERY ONE loves it. It is fun, educational and very interesting. It has made me want to know more about these women. I think all women young and old should read it. I will get a copy for my granddaughter so that she will know....women can accomplish what they set their minds to. Women are strong....women can male a difference.

Now this book is definitely hard to read in one setting but every day i read a few lives at a time. Everyday i was inspired. The struggles and successes of women especially in todays world is celebrated perfectly in this book. I recommend everyone ready this book. I can not wait to see what the next 100 bad girls throughout history will accomplish.

I thought the book was okay. There are a lot of women featured from a variety of times and places. However, some of the choices were surprising, and there were women that I thought should’ve been included that weren’t. The biographies are very short (sometimes too short) but packed with information. The illustrations are very nice, and so are the captions that go with them. This makes a good coffee table book and conversation starter.

I think the bad girls throughout history is sooo interesting to read because it have 100 different women that changed the world & They broke alot of barriers & be very successful. From Actresses to Fashion Designers To Poets To Singers,They can Do Anything to set their beautiful minds to it & that's not bad for them.I gave it 5 stars because it have soooo much girl power!!!!

I saw this in Urban Outfitters yesterday and was excited scroll through it. It contains some rather fun and impressive illustrations and quite an expansive range of female figures from history, but it's view or scope of feminism is somewhat limited and generic. I was disappointed that the author omitted figures like Jacqueline Susann, Coco Chanel and Princess Diana but includes and celebrates figures like Eva Peron, a figure of fascism, Margaret Thatcher a conservative Tory who contributed nothing to feminism, and Edith Head who plagiarized a good portion of her work and made no lasting effect on women's fashion. It opens with Lilith a figure of Jewish mythology so why not also mention Athena and Venus while we're at it? It mentions Judy Blume but not the Bronte sisters? Cleopatra and Boudica are discussed but Empress Cixi who created modern China.
It seems to be a very trivial list of historic figures and not a serious presentation on the accomplishments of women in history.

If you like books that whitewash history and present people like Joan of Arc as make-up models, you will love this book! It's pretty and it PAINS me to give this a low review because I'm not sure when else I'll see Phyllis Diller in a young adult book.

This book is incredibly problematic in the whitewashing the author does. One example: Catherine the Great is presented as bringing religious freedom to Russia. Try telling that to the Jews who she forced to register and were only allowed to live in the Pale of Settlement, which set them up for pogroms. Another example is Margaret Thatcher. The author glosses over how Thatcher got to where she was on the backs of the working poor.

The style is applied inconsistently and in ways that are not representative. For example, on one page a female warrior is presented plainly. The next page presents Joan of Arc looking like Audrey Hepburn. Problematic because Joan was burnt at the stake in part for dressing like a man.
Not recommended.

There were a lot of interesting background bits about famous women, a large number entertainers, but also spies, scientists and thought leaders. How ever these were very short, 1 or 1 1/2 pages and therefor superficial. Not one story was interesting enough to inspire further research or reading.

Felt the book and choice of women featured was quite centred on the US and Europe - although there are glass shatterers in all corners - and plenty of them - there was only one African example unless I'm mistaken (Cleopatra) so it feels a bit incomplete - but perhaps impetus to do another of this series which focuses on the global south. In any case, I learnt about incredible women doing incredible things that I had never heard of - so definitely enriched

I have a strong character and always find myself questioning my actions at the end I just have to do what is right for me and fall back on respect. We may not like everyone's point of view but if you have the courage and the strength to try to change it or put a light to it then go for it more power to you. When your a leader you get the most resistance this is when you know to push harder for that change .

Reading this book is something that would be good for anyone. Brings up women who are familiar to some and others who are not. Would be a great read to younger kids who may not be familiar to most of these women now and the facts are concise for them.

I teach 8th grade History. If you remember anything from your History classes, there is rarely any inclusion of significant women. I love this book! My students love this book! It gives just enough information to peak their interests and make them want to research further. Whether a teacher or not, this book is cool to have around.

Very proud that a fellow Californian wrote such an amazing book. A true inspiration to open our appetite to further research the lives of women who changed the world and paved the road for us modern gals. Love love this book!

(Like Ann mentioned in her intro, these are short essays to open your appetite to do further research on your own.)

Worth every penny!

As a mother of 6 girls, I would balk at this list of "remarkable" women. Some of these women are truly heroic, and the "bad" they did was in response to moral problems in their society. It was not a rebellion against morality. When any of my children marry, I hope they will all ( both the boys and the girls) honor the vows they have made. So many of the modern women in the book were not women of honor or integrity in their relationships with men. The author seems to extol this promiscuity.

I adore that each woman is given approximately two pages instead of a long, detailed chapter. It’s like the quick and dirty version of getting to know how each of these ladies is even MORE amazing than you already know. You find out some very interesting things about them you probably can’t find anywhere else without loads of investigating. Thank you, Ann Shen!

I loved this book. It introduced me to so many female role models I never knew about, taught me a few new facts about a couple role models of whom I was already aware, and inspired me to look further into these women!

A breezy introduction to women who have ignored misguided rules and made the world a better place for it. Kindle formatting is frustrating, pages break wrong so you can’t view the text with the correct image at the same time.

This should have been titled "Bad Girls in the Western World." Apart from 5-6, the remaining are mostly from America and Europe. And much more focused on the creative arts than on science, sports or other fields.

While this wasn't quite what I expected, I think it's a terrific starting point to learn about some amazing women. I already knew quite a bit about several, but found myself intrigued by some ladies I hadn't really heard of.

This entertaining and informative book introduced me to many new couragous, and interesting women.
As a result, I was inspired to do further research and reading to learn more about these fascinating ladies.

I received this book in the mail this morning as a birthday gift and it is absolutely beautiful and very interesting. A few commenters have mentioned that it is not "age appropriate" for young readers but I didn't see in the description that it was supposed to be. This will be a great conversation piece to sit on my coffee table. I'm so excited to have this book.

It was surprisingly good book. It had people in it that I didn't even know about, but now I realize that at once a girl who was claimed to be "the most beautiful girl in the world" was actually the woman who invented Wi-Fi and Bluetooth. So it was a pretty amazing book.

I was going on a trip and chose this book to see what "Bad Girls" would be highlighted only to discover women who often went against public expectations, good and bad. I believe this book would be a good read for young women looking to break free of the restrictions of parents, family and society in general. Fight for the right to be you.

What a fun and beautiful book! I not only enjoyed the different illustrations so much but also learned A TON about so many different women. The range is wonderful, and I feel like this is a book I could share with my mom, a friend or the daughters of my friends. There's something for everybody in it, and the way it's written is approachable for all ages. It gets a lot of attention on my coffee table, and people love to flip through and look at the illustrations.

Such a beautiful book, from the amazing illustrations to the thought provoking text. It is very inspirational and a must read for everyone, from children to adults. It includes a broad range of women from different backgrounds and I leaned a lot from reading it.

This is a great book to give as a gift or keep for yourself!

I expected depth about women's victories over society's barriers. I don't know why I did, maybe the title including the word history, but I was really disappointed. It is a good book to use as a starting place that points to women of note if you want to do more research.

I got this book for my Women's History teacher as a gift. It was one of those items when you see it you know you have to get it. She was very excited to see it and she loves it. She and I were excited to see that it was women from all the world and not just the United States. It would be a very great gift for the little girls all around that want to know a little about the women that shaped the world for us today.

This book was a fun easy read, and even though it could be for much younger folks, it gives point on information about these famous women and what they did.
I think it's one of those books that makes you want to go to the internet and further read about these women.

Loved the quick blurbs about kick ass women throughout history. It was a great way to identify the women and stories I want to delve into deeper. The picture at the end of each story fit perfectly with their character. I am so happy I came across this book!

This is a great resource when a little “girl power” inspiration is needed.
Concise, fact-filled and humorous entries on each woman with a lovely illustration.
From warriors to Wi-Fi and every thing in between this book is surprising and inspiring.

Beautiful! I have read other books of brief women biographies, and they tend to be more child-friendly. This one, on the contrary, includes references to women who've fought for reproductive rights, for example. I enjoyed every page, and would recommend it.

Where did you get your information from?? I could not read but a few...calling someone bad because they had to fight to get where they are is a crock. Wondering if you thought up the first one on your own??? There is no substantiation for any of your stories

This comprehensive collection of women who have achieved high levels of bad-assery in every category of human achievement is a must-read for girls, boys, men, women and everyone in between. I learned about some, learned more about others, and closed the covers inspired to do right by the females who have paved the way for the life I'm lucky to live. A great gift for a gal pal, fellas who need waking up, and especially the teachers in your life who are lookin' for ways to educate the next generation about those who came before.

Wonderful book with beautiful illustrations! The women are inspiring and this book gives a nice brief description on how each one has made a difference in history. It's the perfect coffee table book and will also make a great gift!

Was looking for an inspirational book about women of history to read to my 11-year-old daughter as encouragement. Turns out it is not appropriate for young girls as the author choose women where were sexually active, having affairs, divorce and so on. Hoping for a morally positive role models and interpreted the "bad girls" as going against the stereotypes of their times.

I love history especially about women that change the world and I work as an editor as a profession. I thought this book was right up my alley. While there are 100 women and the diversity is awesome, the explanation of what the women did was glossed over in no more than a page. The opposite page had stylized artwork that made the book feel childish. The artwork was ok but completely off base for the idea of the book. With the art and the utter lack of detail on events, I felt the book missed it's mark completely and was unintentionally disrespectful. I would have rather it been narrowed down to 20 or so women with a whole chapter about them with serious illustration or photos. Instead it was a 30 second blurb and wasted negative space that made me feel like it was meant for 12 year old girls not women who wish to learn more about what others did.

Got sick of the leftist jargon. Made it to the end and learned some things too. Illustrations were fun. Can't recommend this read- especially to my daughter. There are better sources for her historical female edification.