Sheroes: Bold, Brash, and Absolutely Unabashed Superwomen

by Varla Ventura

Women have always been heroes. But it is no longer enough just to say so. As we shake off the last traces of a major patriarchal hangover, women need a new name of their own. As sheroes, all women can fully embrace their fiery fempower and celebrate their noholdsbarred individuality. From the serhoic foremothers who blazed trails and broke barriers, to today's women warriors from sports, science, cyberspace, city hall, the lecture hall, and the silver screen, Sheroes paints 200 portraits of powerful and inspiring role models for women poised for the future. Drawn from the fictional and real worlds, the sheroic profiles include: Dian Fossey, Martina Navratilova, Sojourner Truth, Indira Ghandi, Aretha Franklin, Margaret Mead, Coretta Scott king, Georgia O'Keeffe, Jackie JoynerKersee, Agent Scully, Joan Baez, Eleanor Roosevelt, Coco Chanel, Anita Hill, Thelma and Louise, Ripley, Roseanne, Nobel Peace Prize winner, Wangari Maathai, and others.

Genres: Nonfiction

356 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1998

About the author

Author of THE BOOK OF THE BIZARRE and BEYOND BIZARRE (Weiser Books). Curator of the MAGICAL CREATURES and PARANORMAL PARLOR e-book collections.

Reviews

[Mimi · Rating 3 out of 5]

Interesting list of women, some of which I knew, some I didn't.
The author is clearly biased in several of her discriptions, especially of those women she herself admires.
The thing that bugged me a bit, was the ommition of mentioning men's contribution in certain events (yes, I know this is supposed to be a female fest, but to reduce Nobel Price winners to 'and others' seems a bit.... petty).

[Angela · Rating 3 out of 5]

Little biographies on the many women who have changed history by contributing to herstory. There were many I knew of, and many that I did not. I enjoyed the Celluoid chapter the most, as that was where I was most familiar with the women. I think the biggest surprise was that General Custer had a wife...a wife who traveled to all the places he was stationed, who was off hunting with a friend when that fateful day occurred. Interesting. Why was she never mentioned in my social studies classes?