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Uncredited: Women's Overlooked, Misattributed, and Stolen Work
Women's accomplishments across history are showcased as aberrations or surprising facts. Little thought is often given to the reasons why most of our lauded scientists, reporters, sports stars, politicians, and businesspeople all seem to be men.
Uncredited proves that not only have there been hundreds of ground-breaking women in all professions, but that their accomplishments have been overlooked, denigrated, or downright repressed by their male colleagues or historians. Uncredited explores why women have not been properly acknowledged for their accomplishments, both historically and today.
This book combines research and statistics with the stories of more than 600 women, and is both an academic source and a fascinating read. Prepare to be frustrated with the history you've been denied but also inspired by these hidden trailblazers.
Uncredited proves that not only have there been hundreds of ground-breaking women in all professions, but that their accomplishments have been overlooked, denigrated, or downright repressed by their male colleagues or historians. Uncredited explores why women have not been properly acknowledged for their accomplishments, both historically and today.
This book combines research and statistics with the stories of more than 600 women, and is both an academic source and a fascinating read. Prepare to be frustrated with the history you've been denied but also inspired by these hidden trailblazers.
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September 22, 2025
“Perhaps the greatest offence of women not being credited for their work is that it is likely impossible to ever truly calculate the scope of their erasure.”
A fascinating read that inspires both admiration and frustration, Uncredited gives recognition to more than 600 women whose varied accomplishments have been ignored, overlooked, misattributed or stolen throughout history.
That, “Men have traditionally been the gatekeepers of what information is recorded, what records are saved, and what information is featured…” is key to understanding why women’s achievements in fields including science, the arts, technology, politics and education are so often missing from official records. Alison Tyra draws on research, statistics, and anecdotal evidence, to identify some of these excluded women and their contributions.
Tyra has organised the book into ninety themed chapters, most less than half a dozen pages long. Just enough information is provided about each woman to highlight their accomplishments, and illustrate the sections theme. A handful of the women named in Uncredited may be familiar, but it’s likely many will not. There are some really stunning surprises and facts disclosed in the book, I had no idea that composer Felix Mendelssohn published his sisters work and claimed it as his own; that Labor Secretary Frances Perkins was largely responsible for the social reform agenda in Roosevelt’s New Deal; or that the Nobel Prize committee only acknowledged Marie Curie at her husband’s insistence. References at the end of each chapter, along with an extensive Further Reading list, encourage the reader to investigate these women’s lives further.
Though a serious work, the writing in Uncredited is somewhat informal, with the author occasionally adding her own sharp commentary. A playlist is a fun and unexpected addition.
Illuminating and valuable, I would recommend Uncredited to everyone, and think it would particularly be a valuable addition to the library of historians and educators.
A fascinating read that inspires both admiration and frustration, Uncredited gives recognition to more than 600 women whose varied accomplishments have been ignored, overlooked, misattributed or stolen throughout history.
That, “Men have traditionally been the gatekeepers of what information is recorded, what records are saved, and what information is featured…” is key to understanding why women’s achievements in fields including science, the arts, technology, politics and education are so often missing from official records. Alison Tyra draws on research, statistics, and anecdotal evidence, to identify some of these excluded women and their contributions.
Tyra has organised the book into ninety themed chapters, most less than half a dozen pages long. Just enough information is provided about each woman to highlight their accomplishments, and illustrate the sections theme. A handful of the women named in Uncredited may be familiar, but it’s likely many will not. There are some really stunning surprises and facts disclosed in the book, I had no idea that composer Felix Mendelssohn published his sisters work and claimed it as his own; that Labor Secretary Frances Perkins was largely responsible for the social reform agenda in Roosevelt’s New Deal; or that the Nobel Prize committee only acknowledged Marie Curie at her husband’s insistence. References at the end of each chapter, along with an extensive Further Reading list, encourage the reader to investigate these women’s lives further.
Though a serious work, the writing in Uncredited is somewhat informal, with the author occasionally adding her own sharp commentary. A playlist is a fun and unexpected addition.
Illuminating and valuable, I would recommend Uncredited to everyone, and think it would particularly be a valuable addition to the library of historians and educators.
February 24, 2025
Women's accomplishments across history are showcased as aberrations or surprising facts. Little thought is often given to the reasons why most of our lauded scientists, reporters, sports stars, politicians, and businesspeople all seem to be men.
Uncredited proves that not only have there been hundreds of ground-breaking women in all professions, but that their accomplishments have been overlooked, denigrated, or downright repressed by their male colleagues or historians. Uncredited explores why women have not been properly acknowledged for their accomplishments, both historically and today.
This book combines research and statistics with the stories of more than 600 women, and is both an academic source and a fascinating read. Prepare to be frustrated with the history you've been denied but also inspired by these hidden trailblazers.
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A book about the history of invisible women brought to light? Yes, please. Allison Tyra's book is a brilliant collection of essays that brings the often-overlooked nature of women's history across decades and fields into the public eye. With a wealth of remarkable sources and stories of outstanding women, Tyra captivated me to the extent that I struggled to put the book down (which is definitely what you want) for university work.
Her matter-of-fact writing and evident passion allow women's history to shine through the pages. She gives equal attention to each chapter, presenting a history viewed on equal grounds rather than one field being displayed with greater prejudice; prejudice knows no bounds, only the limitations of those documenting history.
What’s more, I explored many of the sources from various chapters and found them as remarkable as Tyra, deserving as much attention and admiration.
Overall, Uncredited: Women's Overlooked, Misattributed, and Stolen Work, is an exceptional collection that serves not only as a testament to women's history but also as both a memorial and recognition of the women obscured by history. However, thanks to Tyra and the writers she acknowledged, they are not forgotten. I highly recommend this to everyone.
Thank you, NetGalley and Rising Action Publishing, for sending me an ARC in exchange for my honest review.
Uncredited proves that not only have there been hundreds of ground-breaking women in all professions, but that their accomplishments have been overlooked, denigrated, or downright repressed by their male colleagues or historians. Uncredited explores why women have not been properly acknowledged for their accomplishments, both historically and today.
This book combines research and statistics with the stories of more than 600 women, and is both an academic source and a fascinating read. Prepare to be frustrated with the history you've been denied but also inspired by these hidden trailblazers.
~~~~~~~~~~~~
A book about the history of invisible women brought to light? Yes, please. Allison Tyra's book is a brilliant collection of essays that brings the often-overlooked nature of women's history across decades and fields into the public eye. With a wealth of remarkable sources and stories of outstanding women, Tyra captivated me to the extent that I struggled to put the book down (which is definitely what you want) for university work.
Her matter-of-fact writing and evident passion allow women's history to shine through the pages. She gives equal attention to each chapter, presenting a history viewed on equal grounds rather than one field being displayed with greater prejudice; prejudice knows no bounds, only the limitations of those documenting history.
What’s more, I explored many of the sources from various chapters and found them as remarkable as Tyra, deserving as much attention and admiration.
Overall, Uncredited: Women's Overlooked, Misattributed, and Stolen Work, is an exceptional collection that serves not only as a testament to women's history but also as both a memorial and recognition of the women obscured by history. However, thanks to Tyra and the writers she acknowledged, they are not forgotten. I highly recommend this to everyone.
Thank you, NetGalley and Rising Action Publishing, for sending me an ARC in exchange for my honest review.
April 30, 2025
I usually try to avoid rating non-fiction but in this case I think its important to leave a rating and a review and not only because I got to read this book as an ARC through NetGalley.
First thing you should know before starting it: its not an easy read, it took me a really long time to finish it and 2 reason for that are the way its formatted and the themes.
I think the theme of the book is clear from the title, but I was pleasantly surprised to see how much research has been poured into this book, the amount of history that I took as fact before and while reading this book I could understand better how those events/works actually took place. I loved that there were a lot of examples of both men and women put in both good and bad "light" and its not a book that goes with the idea that women can do no wrong and men are always the worst.
I loved that it goes through a lot of categories that women were and are part of such as arts, STEM, spy work during the wars and even witchcraft and how that relates to beer making, surprisingly.
There have been quite a few times were I had to stop reading and take a break for a few days due to the rage I felt when realizing that our society still has a lot of ideals and reactions when it comes to women independence that were a thing in the 1800s or even earlier.
It reads more as a textbook, that being said its one of the points I appreciated about it. I loved how the chapters were split and structured and that each chapter has a multitude of endnotes (there are a few books referenced there that I had no idea about and now I am really interested in). I would mention here that while I read it in ebook format, its not something I would recommend to do and I will definitely buy a physical copy and move all my notes in (there are a lot of those, tbh).
Its definitely a 5 star for me and I would really recommend it to everyone.
First thing you should know before starting it: its not an easy read, it took me a really long time to finish it and 2 reason for that are the way its formatted and the themes.
I think the theme of the book is clear from the title, but I was pleasantly surprised to see how much research has been poured into this book, the amount of history that I took as fact before and while reading this book I could understand better how those events/works actually took place. I loved that there were a lot of examples of both men and women put in both good and bad "light" and its not a book that goes with the idea that women can do no wrong and men are always the worst.
I loved that it goes through a lot of categories that women were and are part of such as arts, STEM, spy work during the wars and even witchcraft and how that relates to beer making, surprisingly.
There have been quite a few times were I had to stop reading and take a break for a few days due to the rage I felt when realizing that our society still has a lot of ideals and reactions when it comes to women independence that were a thing in the 1800s or even earlier.
It reads more as a textbook, that being said its one of the points I appreciated about it. I loved how the chapters were split and structured and that each chapter has a multitude of endnotes (there are a few books referenced there that I had no idea about and now I am really interested in). I would mention here that while I read it in ebook format, its not something I would recommend to do and I will definitely buy a physical copy and move all my notes in (there are a lot of those, tbh).
Its definitely a 5 star for me and I would really recommend it to everyone.
February 13, 2025
This enlightening history of women's erasure is as uplifting as it is enraging. Covering stories from hundreds of women in over 90 chapters, this is a necessarily long read. That said, the information is broken down cleverly by categories with each chapter being a bite sized summary of how women and their accomplishments have been removed from popular history. This makes it a perfect read for when you only have a few minutes between work, home and family (ironically, a core issue for many of these brilliant women), or when you want to spend an entire afternoon stoking your feminist rage. I could talk all day about all the amazing history I learned from this book, but I will save the fun for future readers. Just know, if dissing Christopher Columbus as a "genocidal A#&hole who couldn't even find India" is your jam, pick this book up immediately.
October 9, 2025
Excellent book. So much information about women I'd never learned of. And it has a fun sense of humor too. Like at one point saying, "luckily, her husband died".
November 20, 2025
It should be a universally acknowledged truth by now that women have been accomplishing amazing things for as long as humanity has existed. Unfortunately, as the patriarchy is also a truth, the work women have done has long been overlooked, misattributed and stolen. In Uncredited, Allison Tyra tells the stories of more than 600 women to whom this applies. As the size suggests, there isn't always space for nuance, but this is nonetheless an important read. Thanks to Rising Action Publishing and NetGalley for providing me with a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. My apologies for the delay in reviewing!
To paraphrase modern philosopher Taylor Swift, I have been afflicted by a terminaluniqueness condition: I am an (early career) researcher. I have spent the last decade or so diving deeply into a specific topic, learning how to establish my hypotheses and conduct my research, and ensuring I am nuanced in my statements and can back them up. As such, whenever I read anything that is on the side of popular history or popular academic work, I run into some issues. The issue is usually not that what is said is entirely incorrect, it is just that most of such writing does not allow for the kind of nuance I am now trained in. I ran into the same issue with Uncredited, when, in its chapter on 'Scholarly Androcentrism', it addressed the grave in Birka which was assumed to be the grave of a male warrior when it was first discovered in the 1800s. When in 2017 scientists discovered that the one buried was biologically female, it caused a lot of conversations. As someone who works on female characters in Old Norse literature, this is of course something I have read a lot about, talk about a lot, and even write about. In Uncredited, the conversation around what this discovery means, whether we can equate our modern understandings of sex and gender onto the Middle Ages, and what this single grave means for the reality of women's lived experience throughout those centuries, is labelled as "scholarly androcentrism" and dismissed. While there are absolutely sexist scholars and scientists who do their very best to suppress anything they do not like, that isn't true for most of us who are trying to be careful in what we assume. This dismissal isn't helped by the fact that the sources cited in the chapter are not actual scholarship but mostly magazines aimed at a general audience and popular history. Again, these are very useful sources when it comes to getting a general picture of a topic, but they do not necessarily capture a complete or nuanced image. (If you want to read more about the grave, I can suggest 'Viking warrior woman? Reassessing Birka chamber grave Bj.581' by Price et al., you can also find it on ResearchGate.) My "issue" with this, I am aware, stems from my own background and will not be an issue for most readers, but going into Uncredited it is important to know that it is very broad in focus and cannot get into the actual nitty-gritty of most of the topics it addresses.
Uncredited is divided into 90 chapters, which is a lot and is also why this book comes in at just over 500 pages. The chapters have titles such as '23. Censorship', '49. Giving Husbands the Credit', and '76. Women Bringing Women Down'. Most of the chapters are around 10 pages and cover a set of women and events to whom the chapter title applies. In the 66th chapter, 'You Talk Too Much', for example, covers Japanese President Yoshiro Mori resigning after complaining about women speaking too much, a viral tweet, Tyra's own experiences, and various research papers on how much women actually speak and how. Chapter 39, 'Geology and Paleontology', discussed overlooked female scientists such as Charlotte Murchison and Mary Anning and is roughly three pages long. The book ranges broadly and widely, pulling from Twitter discussions and history, from statistical reports to magazine reports. If you have a particular interest, you will find a chapter covering it in this book so you can explore the women who have contributed to this interest.
I have laid out my main issue with Uncredited above and I do want to say I find the aim of the book very laudable. It is, as I say at the start of this review, undeniable that female contributions, female work, and female accomplishments have been dismissed and suppressed. Allison Tyra has clearly done her research in order to cover a broad range of topics and it shows in the breadth of material she presents. While, as I said above, I would have preferred an added focus on scholarly and specialised research, I can also appreciate that might not be possible at this scale. A bonus for the book is that the writing is relatively informal and therefore very accessible and Tyra frequently shares her own experiences as well. With how enormous the book is, it should very much be treated as a reference work and Tyra herself encourages this as well in the Introduction. The point of Uncredited is to collect these countless stories into one place, so that the pattern they show becomes undeniable. Our task, as the reader, is to take the next step, to educate ourselves, and to take action in real life when we see a similar pattern emerge. Uncredited is written in such a way that I think this will indeed be what most readers do and for that it deserves its laurels.
Uncredited is a very important book for the patterns it demonstrates and wants to address and for that reason I'm rating this a four. Women's work is too easily overlooked or pushed away and by learning of these women, we might prevent the same from happening today. While I have my issues with some of the research, this should not dissuade anyone from making Uncredited the beginning of a long journey of learning about awesome women!
URL: https://universeinwords.blogspot.com/...
To paraphrase modern philosopher Taylor Swift, I have been afflicted by a terminal
Uncredited is divided into 90 chapters, which is a lot and is also why this book comes in at just over 500 pages. The chapters have titles such as '23. Censorship', '49. Giving Husbands the Credit', and '76. Women Bringing Women Down'. Most of the chapters are around 10 pages and cover a set of women and events to whom the chapter title applies. In the 66th chapter, 'You Talk Too Much', for example, covers Japanese President Yoshiro Mori resigning after complaining about women speaking too much, a viral tweet, Tyra's own experiences, and various research papers on how much women actually speak and how. Chapter 39, 'Geology and Paleontology', discussed overlooked female scientists such as Charlotte Murchison and Mary Anning and is roughly three pages long. The book ranges broadly and widely, pulling from Twitter discussions and history, from statistical reports to magazine reports. If you have a particular interest, you will find a chapter covering it in this book so you can explore the women who have contributed to this interest.
I have laid out my main issue with Uncredited above and I do want to say I find the aim of the book very laudable. It is, as I say at the start of this review, undeniable that female contributions, female work, and female accomplishments have been dismissed and suppressed. Allison Tyra has clearly done her research in order to cover a broad range of topics and it shows in the breadth of material she presents. While, as I said above, I would have preferred an added focus on scholarly and specialised research, I can also appreciate that might not be possible at this scale. A bonus for the book is that the writing is relatively informal and therefore very accessible and Tyra frequently shares her own experiences as well. With how enormous the book is, it should very much be treated as a reference work and Tyra herself encourages this as well in the Introduction. The point of Uncredited is to collect these countless stories into one place, so that the pattern they show becomes undeniable. Our task, as the reader, is to take the next step, to educate ourselves, and to take action in real life when we see a similar pattern emerge. Uncredited is written in such a way that I think this will indeed be what most readers do and for that it deserves its laurels.
Uncredited is a very important book for the patterns it demonstrates and wants to address and for that reason I'm rating this a four. Women's work is too easily overlooked or pushed away and by learning of these women, we might prevent the same from happening today. While I have my issues with some of the research, this should not dissuade anyone from making Uncredited the beginning of a long journey of learning about awesome women!
URL: https://universeinwords.blogspot.com/...
March 22, 2025
"Uncredited: Women's Overlooked, Misattributed, and Stolen Work" by Allison Tyra is an excellent book. She names and credits literally hundreds of women who were not recognized or rewarded for their achievements, from art to medicine to space exploration and beyond. As an amateur scholar of women's history (i.e. I am not a student), I recognized some of these brilliant women; others I had unsurprisingly never heard of. Tyra's book is an epic of female experience: the struggles we face, the biases we must fight against, the acknowledgements we are denied. This book should be read by all, though there will be plenty of naysayers that will insist that "it didn't happen that way." (And we all know who will say things like that, don't we?)
Allison Tyra's book should be recognized as the very valuable work of history it is. It deserves a place in classrooms as a reference book and a history of women's experiences and accomplishments. Read this for the information, read it just because, or read it and allow yourself to fall into rabbit holes of related history. Whatever your reason, read this.
Allison Tyra's book should be recognized as the very valuable work of history it is. It deserves a place in classrooms as a reference book and a history of women's experiences and accomplishments. Read this for the information, read it just because, or read it and allow yourself to fall into rabbit holes of related history. Whatever your reason, read this.
March 28, 2025
Thanks NetGalley for the ARC!
This was so cool! I can’t wait to buy it for my coffee table or the bathroom. I love little inspirational (or infuriating) stories about each of the women.
About 90 stories of different women who have had ideas, stories, inventions…etc basically stolen from them. Only about 2-3 pages per so you can do more research on your own if you’d like. Love love love.
This was so cool! I can’t wait to buy it for my coffee table or the bathroom. I love little inspirational (or infuriating) stories about each of the women.
About 90 stories of different women who have had ideas, stories, inventions…etc basically stolen from them. Only about 2-3 pages per so you can do more research on your own if you’d like. Love love love.
June 27, 2024
Yet to read, but this looks fantastic and I'm very excited for it.
May 22, 2025
There was so much packed in here, but I am sure it doesn't even scratch the surface of all of the ways men have stolen credit from women. Except for more current political events, and of course, the Scully Effect, I hadn't heard of most of these.
I really loved that the author included references at the end of each chapter, rather than just all of them at the end of the book. It makes it much easier for people to find sources if they want to do extra research, especially in a book like this, where it is just a snapshot of each situation. Even with that, you get enough to know exactly what happened without needing to do further research if you don't want to or have the time. Although in several cases I did. How did I not know about Pablo Picasso? The Weeping Woman? Dora Maar? He was an actual physical and emotional abuser.
Definitely recommend this! Loved it so much.
I really loved that the author included references at the end of each chapter, rather than just all of them at the end of the book. It makes it much easier for people to find sources if they want to do extra research, especially in a book like this, where it is just a snapshot of each situation. Even with that, you get enough to know exactly what happened without needing to do further research if you don't want to or have the time. Although in several cases I did. How did I not know about Pablo Picasso? The Weeping Woman? Dora Maar? He was an actual physical and emotional abuser.
Definitely recommend this! Loved it so much.
May 9, 2025
Women's contributions have been overlooked, misattributed, and uncredited in various fields throughout history.Historically, societies have been dominated by men, leading to a lack of opportunities for women such as education and funding, and other resources, as well as overall recognition.
Women's work and goals have been derailed and unappreciated by family members (parents, siblings, spouses, children), friends and lovers, educators, coworkers and employers, and by society at large.
Women were expected to prioritise domestic and caregiving roles, limiting their opportunities for professional and creative pursuits. Marriage bars prevented married women from working, and anti-nepotist policies prevented spouses from working together in the same workplace.
Women's contributions have little to no documentation or records. Women have also been excluded from decision-making positions, networks and professional associations, and other opportunities in male-dominated industries and sectors, limiting their ability to promote their work.
Efforts to Address the Issue
1. Highlighting and preserving women's contributions and achievements to raise awareness and promote recognition, as well as to ensure they're never forgotten.
2. Initiatives to promote inclusion and diversity can help create opportunities and support for women in all fields.
The list of women's accomplishments in every field is non-exhaustive. They need to be brought out of the shadows and into the spotlight.
Women's work and goals have been derailed and unappreciated by family members (parents, siblings, spouses, children), friends and lovers, educators, coworkers and employers, and by society at large.
Women were expected to prioritise domestic and caregiving roles, limiting their opportunities for professional and creative pursuits. Marriage bars prevented married women from working, and anti-nepotist policies prevented spouses from working together in the same workplace.
Women's contributions have little to no documentation or records. Women have also been excluded from decision-making positions, networks and professional associations, and other opportunities in male-dominated industries and sectors, limiting their ability to promote their work.
Efforts to Address the Issue
1. Highlighting and preserving women's contributions and achievements to raise awareness and promote recognition, as well as to ensure they're never forgotten.
2. Initiatives to promote inclusion and diversity can help create opportunities and support for women in all fields.
The list of women's accomplishments in every field is non-exhaustive. They need to be brought out of the shadows and into the spotlight.
April 5, 2025
this was a great read. this book catalogues areas in history where women have gone uncredited. the topics range from journalism, to art, to comedy, and many more. the book highlights facts that have been altered or overlooked in order to avoid crediting women throughout history. after reading a book like this readers are left with the maddening thought: these women are able to have their credit acknowledged due to gaps in attempts to exclude them, but how many women have been fully erased from history with no trace of their effort?
tyra does well at reporting facts, though there are some quips against men who have worked to erase women from history that are extremely satisfying. one that stands out is: “He was also known to be petty and jealous, and his so-called literary magazine BLAST has the same premise as a middle school mean girl clique’s burn book—it was a space to "blast" things Lewis didn't like.” tyra is sure to add a little bit of bite much needed in order to cool off from the maddening history lesson she is presenting us with.
each topic/story is really short but extremely informative
tyra does well at reporting facts, though there are some quips against men who have worked to erase women from history that are extremely satisfying. one that stands out is: “He was also known to be petty and jealous, and his so-called literary magazine BLAST has the same premise as a middle school mean girl clique’s burn book—it was a space to "blast" things Lewis didn't like.” tyra is sure to add a little bit of bite much needed in order to cool off from the maddening history lesson she is presenting us with.
each topic/story is really short but extremely informative
June 2, 2025
This book was fascinating! I learned so much about so many incredible women. There are so many women that are talked about in this book that I had never heard of, so I loved getting to educate myself on the all of the amazing women throughout history who aren't well known but should be. Allison Tyra's writing was very in depth and detailed. She included lots of sources for all of the information included in the book, so it was easy to read more about the women she talked about. She also included other books for further reading which I appreciated because after reading this book, I want to learn more about all of the women mentioned. This book took me a while to finish just because there was so much interesting information in this book. The book was well-written, and the information was divided into lots of categorized chapters which made the book easy to digest. Overall, this was an excellent collection of essays about women who have been overlooked, underappreciated, and undervalued in history.
April 27, 2025
Uncredited by Allison Tyra is a fascinating, well-researched exploration of how women’s ideas, inventions, and contributions have been overlooked or outright stolen throughout history. Tyra exposes the systemic gender bias that has shaped historical narratives, often erasing women’s achievements and attributing them to men.
The book highlights the power structures that have minimized women’s roles in science, technology, the arts, and more, while celebrating the resilience and brilliance of those whose legacies deserve recognition. Uncredited challenges readers to confront the historical erasure of women’s contributions and calls for a future where merit—not gender—drives recognition and credit.
Thank you to the author and NetGalley for the opportunity to read this ARC in exchange for an honest review.
The book highlights the power structures that have minimized women’s roles in science, technology, the arts, and more, while celebrating the resilience and brilliance of those whose legacies deserve recognition. Uncredited challenges readers to confront the historical erasure of women’s contributions and calls for a future where merit—not gender—drives recognition and credit.
Thank you to the author and NetGalley for the opportunity to read this ARC in exchange for an honest review.
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October 14, 2025Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for the advance copy of this important book.
Uncredited is a powerful and necessary exploration of the ways women’s contributions have been erased, overlooked, or misattributed throughout history. It’s difficult to truly grasp the scope of what has been lost, but this book helps illuminate both the famous and the forgotten, those whose work has shaped our world, even when their names have not been remembered.
Written in an accessible and engaging way, Uncredited serves as an excellent introduction to the topic, reminding readers that history is never neutral. It calls to mind works like A Room of One’s Own and The Missing Thread, both in its tone and in the ache it leaves behind the grief for all we as humanity have lost through erasure, and the resolve to look closer, ask questions, and remember.
Uncredited is a powerful and necessary exploration of the ways women’s contributions have been erased, overlooked, or misattributed throughout history. It’s difficult to truly grasp the scope of what has been lost, but this book helps illuminate both the famous and the forgotten, those whose work has shaped our world, even when their names have not been remembered.
Written in an accessible and engaging way, Uncredited serves as an excellent introduction to the topic, reminding readers that history is never neutral. It calls to mind works like A Room of One’s Own and The Missing Thread, both in its tone and in the ache it leaves behind the grief for all we as humanity have lost through erasure, and the resolve to look closer, ask questions, and remember.
July 14, 2025
This was such an easy, interesting read.
What was not surprising was how prolific stealing women's work was and still is. The fact that there is so much evidence of this throughout history is upsetting but Allison Tyra made it into a great read.
I liked the way that it was broken up into themes, which made it easy to follow. The chapters were usually really short, so could be read in bite size pieces. I also appreciated that the references were listed at the end of each chapter, rather than at the end of the book, as I was usually interested in learning more about someone so I could easily find more information.
Thank you to Netgalley and Rising Action Publishing for providing me with a free copy of this book in exchange for my honest review.
What was not surprising was how prolific stealing women's work was and still is. The fact that there is so much evidence of this throughout history is upsetting but Allison Tyra made it into a great read.
I liked the way that it was broken up into themes, which made it easy to follow. The chapters were usually really short, so could be read in bite size pieces. I also appreciated that the references were listed at the end of each chapter, rather than at the end of the book, as I was usually interested in learning more about someone so I could easily find more information.
Thank you to Netgalley and Rising Action Publishing for providing me with a free copy of this book in exchange for my honest review.
May 24, 2025
So well-researched. Allison Tyra brilliantly captures the lengths that the patriarchy have gone to/ will go to, to steal the achievements of women and erase their contributions to history. The stories will make you furious and can be deeply saddening but Allison’s wit highlights how downright absurd the mental gymnastics of men can be. It is great to see intersectionality represented; it doesn’t just focus on white women, and incorporates stories of transgender people. Very little of these stories are taught in schools but are so important. So much so that I bought a copy of the book to share with my family and friends. I cannot wait to hear/ read more of Allison’s work.
October 19, 2025
Alison Tyra devotes this entire book to the nearly uncountable number of women overlooked and undervalued by so many in so many areas. Tyra organizes the book thematically, grouping scientists together, writers together, and so on and so forth. Each chapter gives the credit to these women that they deserve while also constantly reminding us of how society purposefully did this in the past and present but hopefully not in the future. I definitely recommend this book.
April 16, 2025
Reading the ebook was not ideal due to the formatting and encyclopedic nature, but, like an encyclopedia, Uncredited is a book we should all have on hand to pick up and dip into, reading some highlights of unsung women of history, then, as the author herself suggests, use that as inspiration to dig deeper and learn more.
June 17, 2025
I loved this book, although hearing many of these stories was frustrating. It was also disappointing to see how women were overlooked, used, mistreated, and stolen from. I would recommend this to everyone who wants to read a fascinating book about women and their many accomplishments.
I received an e-ARC of this book from NetGalley
I received an e-ARC of this book from NetGalley
June 30, 2025
This book was SO frustrating to read but in a good way? Every story proved just how little truth we're actually taught. I was impressed with the sheer variety of fields the women in this book spanned. I would have definitely preferred to read this in book format rather than on my kindle just for the ease of navigation but still so glad to have read it.
March 20, 2025
5⭐️
[a copy of this book was provided to me by the publisher from netgalley. thank you!]
super interesting look at women who have gone uncredited and discredited throughout history. covers a wide range of fields, including sport, journalism, business, historical events, film, & more.
[a copy of this book was provided to me by the publisher from netgalley. thank you!]
super interesting look at women who have gone uncredited and discredited throughout history. covers a wide range of fields, including sport, journalism, business, historical events, film, & more.
May 15, 2025
Women historically overlooked. Prepare for frustration.
July 5, 2025
This took me so long to read because I kept reading fiction at the same time, but this was really interesting and is perfect to make yourself upset at men who claim that women are nothing without men. The prose is a bit choppy, but it's written in more of a conversational style so it's not a big deal.
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August 15, 2025
A sweeping account of centuries filled with overlooked women whose contributions have all been erased, ignored or blatantly stolen throughout history. The book, backed by footnotes and data, is rich in its storytelling and both readable as well as scholarly. Filled with profiles of women's stories, some so blatantly unbelievable it is hard to decide which one to use as an example. Here is one: "Yes, Women Are Funny. Why aren't there more women in comedy? Well, it must be because women aren't as funny as men." She continues by explaining the gatekeepers, club owners and agents, ignoring the dangers for a woman traveling late at night, and on her own. She gives the example of Eurydice Dixon, a female comedian who was raped and murdered for this very reason. She goes on to include powerful men like Louis C. K. and male "colleagues" such as Daniel Tosh, who thinks it's funny to joke about a female audience member getting gang-raped.
Another example she gives is in 2021, "the Suez Canal was temporarily blocked when the massive container ship 'Ever Given,' became wedged across it. Marwa Elselechdar, Egypt's first female ship's captain, found herself being blamed as rumours ran rampant online-even though she was hundreds of miles away."
Tyra gives concise chapters and sub-chapters making it easy to navigate while reading. When closing the book I found myself reflecting with friends and family readers giving us the opportunity to share our own experiences.
I do hope this book and its many examples could be included in museum exhibits, documentaries, and classroom curriculum.
Another example she gives is in 2021, "the Suez Canal was temporarily blocked when the massive container ship 'Ever Given,' became wedged across it. Marwa Elselechdar, Egypt's first female ship's captain, found herself being blamed as rumours ran rampant online-even though she was hundreds of miles away."
Tyra gives concise chapters and sub-chapters making it easy to navigate while reading. When closing the book I found myself reflecting with friends and family readers giving us the opportunity to share our own experiences.
I do hope this book and its many examples could be included in museum exhibits, documentaries, and classroom curriculum.
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