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HerStory: 50 Women and Girls Who Shook Up the World
Move aside history—it’s time for herstory.
Celebrate fifty inspiring and powerful women who changed the world and left their mark in this lavishly illustrated biography compilation that’s perfect for fans of Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls and She Persisted.
Throughout history, girls have often been discussed in terms of what they couldn’t or shouldn’t do.
Not anymore.
It’s time for herstory—a celebration of not only what girls can do, but the remarkable things women have already accomplished, even when others tried to stop them.
In this uplifting and inspiring book, follow the stories of fifty powerhouse women from around the world and across time who each managed to change the world as they knew it forever. Telling the stories of their childhood, the challenges they faced, and the impact of their achievements, each lavishly illustrated spread is a celebration of girl power in its many forms. From astronauts to activists, musicians to mathematicians, these women are sure to motivate young readers of all backgrounds to focus not on the can’ts and shouldn’ts, but on what they can do: anything!
Celebrate fifty inspiring and powerful women who changed the world and left their mark in this lavishly illustrated biography compilation that’s perfect for fans of Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls and She Persisted.
Throughout history, girls have often been discussed in terms of what they couldn’t or shouldn’t do.
Not anymore.
It’s time for herstory—a celebration of not only what girls can do, but the remarkable things women have already accomplished, even when others tried to stop them.
In this uplifting and inspiring book, follow the stories of fifty powerhouse women from around the world and across time who each managed to change the world as they knew it forever. Telling the stories of their childhood, the challenges they faced, and the impact of their achievements, each lavishly illustrated spread is a celebration of girl power in its many forms. From astronauts to activists, musicians to mathematicians, these women are sure to motivate young readers of all backgrounds to focus not on the can’ts and shouldn’ts, but on what they can do: anything!
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First published September 11, 2018
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Katherine Halligan
19 books5 followersKatherine Halligan grew up near the beach in California with her nose in a book and her toes in the sand. She studied arts, literature, history, and languages, travelling and living all over the world. Her love of words and pictures led her to work as a publisher, writing over 100 books for children along the way. She lives—once again—near the beaches in California with her husband and their two daughters.
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September 30, 2024
While Katherine Halligan's Herstory: 50 Women and Girls Who Shook Up Their World has indeed been interesting and enlightening to a certain extent, frankly, for at least some of the women and girls featured and presented, the author's printed words have been been what can only be called entirely too positive and almost saccharinely laudatory, often making light of if not actually totally ignoring the less than stellar (and sometimes actually quite problematic aspects of either their personalities or their actions and behaviours). For example, Indira Ghandi's often extremely harshly negative, uncompromising, unaccepting approach towards the Sikhs while she was prime minister of India (and in particular that she ordered the destruction of a very important and symbolic Sikh temple) very likely was one of the main contributing factors as to why she was assassinated by her own Sikh bodyguards in 1984 and this piece of essential truth should really have at the very least been mentioned by Katherine Halligan, as needed to have been depicted the fact that Elizabeth I of England had her cousin Mary Queen of Scots beheaded (perhaps with just cause and for high treason, but for the author not even to point this out, it in my opinion does kind of make Halligan more than a trifle guilty of willfully omitting important historical and cultural information that might in some ways possibly tarnish the reputations of the 50 women and girls she has chosen to present to us, not to mention that for say Queen Isabella of Spain, whilst her support and even in many ways her creation of the Spanish Inquisition indeed is fortunately and thankfully mentioned, it does feel very much personally uncomfortable that Katherine Halligan, that the author certainly tends to approach this as more than a bit of an almost unimportant afterthought in some ways and in my opinion in a much less critical and less balanced manner than would likely have been the case if the featured and presented individual had been her husband King Ferdinand).
Now truth be told, I do in general much like and appreciate that the fifty women "pioneers" of Herstory: 50 Women and Girls Who Shook Up the World are ethnically diverse and spanning both the present and the past (and indeed sometimes the very much distant past) and that furthermore, women from all walks of life (and with many different careers, life stories, and thankfully not just scientists and politicians have been chosen) although personally, I would certainly have wanted and yes even needed a few more women who were/are graphic artists included and I definitely do find it kind of majorly sad that aside from Emily Bronte and Rigoberta Menchú, there seems to have been few women authors and poets mentioned. And really, why have there been NO Canadian women described and why has Katherine Halligan for the most part also completely ignored many of the more radical feminists of the 20th century? Where is a section on Rosa Luxembourg? Where is a chapter on Hannah Arendt? And what about Gloria Steinem or German feminist Alice Schwarzer? As while I do well realise that the author could not have chosen EVERY women (every girl) for Herstory: 50 Women and Girls Who Shook up the World, as someone who is pretty much a Socialist and rather left of centre especially with regard to economics, the fact that Halligan (except for the chapters on Emmeline Pankhurst, Anne Frank and Sophie Scholl) kind of ignores almost ALL of the more radical left wing women's liberation and rights fighters of the 20th century does kind of bother me and it rather contributes to my feeling that while Herstory: 50 Women and Girls Who Shook Up the World is a decent enough and educational start, that there still is very much much room for improvement (and frankly, that there is NO bibliography included, no suggestions for further reading and of course no source acknowledgements either, this really does academically and intellectually annoy and disappoint me to such an extent that even though I have definitely found Herstory: 50 Women and Girls Who Shook Up the World readable, approachable and indeed also of much potential interest, my final ranking can and will only be two stars, and a very low ranking two stars at that, as there are in my opinion simply too many holes, too many issues and potential shortcomings and yes indeed too many women that deserved to be included but have not been).
Now truth be told, I do in general much like and appreciate that the fifty women "pioneers" of Herstory: 50 Women and Girls Who Shook Up the World are ethnically diverse and spanning both the present and the past (and indeed sometimes the very much distant past) and that furthermore, women from all walks of life (and with many different careers, life stories, and thankfully not just scientists and politicians have been chosen) although personally, I would certainly have wanted and yes even needed a few more women who were/are graphic artists included and I definitely do find it kind of majorly sad that aside from Emily Bronte and Rigoberta Menchú, there seems to have been few women authors and poets mentioned. And really, why have there been NO Canadian women described and why has Katherine Halligan for the most part also completely ignored many of the more radical feminists of the 20th century? Where is a section on Rosa Luxembourg? Where is a chapter on Hannah Arendt? And what about Gloria Steinem or German feminist Alice Schwarzer? As while I do well realise that the author could not have chosen EVERY women (every girl) for Herstory: 50 Women and Girls Who Shook up the World, as someone who is pretty much a Socialist and rather left of centre especially with regard to economics, the fact that Halligan (except for the chapters on Emmeline Pankhurst, Anne Frank and Sophie Scholl) kind of ignores almost ALL of the more radical left wing women's liberation and rights fighters of the 20th century does kind of bother me and it rather contributes to my feeling that while Herstory: 50 Women and Girls Who Shook Up the World is a decent enough and educational start, that there still is very much much room for improvement (and frankly, that there is NO bibliography included, no suggestions for further reading and of course no source acknowledgements either, this really does academically and intellectually annoy and disappoint me to such an extent that even though I have definitely found Herstory: 50 Women and Girls Who Shook Up the World readable, approachable and indeed also of much potential interest, my final ranking can and will only be two stars, and a very low ranking two stars at that, as there are in my opinion simply too many holes, too many issues and potential shortcomings and yes indeed too many women that deserved to be included but have not been).
October 11, 2024
Além do aspecto gráfico, em que este livro é muito bom, com ilustrações maravilhosas, também nos dá a conhecer mulheres brilhantes.
Mulheres que acreditaram e lideraram, mulheres que imaginaram e criaram, mulheres que ajudaram e curaram, muheres que pensaram e resolveram e mulheres que sonharam e venceram.
A prova de que as mulheres conseguem realizar aquilo a que se propõem, mesmo que as circunstâncias, a saúde ou a oposição dos outros lhes façam crer que não o conseguirão. A prova é que estão neste livro, mesmo as que nasceram na antiguidade, e que ainda hoje são recordadas pelos seus grandes feitos nos mais diversos campos.
Todos os grandes sonhos começam com um sonhador. Lembra-te sempre de que tens em ti a força, a paciência e a paixão para alcançar as estrelas e mudar o
mundo. - Harriet Tubman (frase na contracapa do livro)
Mulheres que acreditaram e lideraram, mulheres que imaginaram e criaram, mulheres que ajudaram e curaram, muheres que pensaram e resolveram e mulheres que sonharam e venceram.
A prova de que as mulheres conseguem realizar aquilo a que se propõem, mesmo que as circunstâncias, a saúde ou a oposição dos outros lhes façam crer que não o conseguirão. A prova é que estão neste livro, mesmo as que nasceram na antiguidade, e que ainda hoje são recordadas pelos seus grandes feitos nos mais diversos campos.
Todos os grandes sonhos começam com um sonhador. Lembra-te sempre de que tens em ti a força, a paciência e a paixão para alcançar as estrelas e mudar o
mundo. - Harriet Tubman (frase na contracapa do livro)
October 13, 2018
What did they used to say about a Lay's potato chip? "You can't eat just one." That's true for this book, too. It's a book of fifty women and girls' stories. You may start it, thinking you might just read about the life of Maria Montessori, maybe. And you do, thinking, Wow, I didn't know Maria was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize three times before she died. And then you see that the next chapter is a story of Mother Teresa, and you get wowed again by learning Teresa had a vision at twelve that God was calling her to become a nun. And on you go, to Wangari Maathai, to Elizabeth Blackwell, Eva Peron, on and on to the end, and starting over to read all the stories again, reading and being wowed, reading and being wowed, a book that almost reads itself with all its wondrous stories of bravery and determination and vision.
May 22, 2021
I think I had too high of expectations for this book. It delivered exactly what it says it does, but I had hoped for more. While this does give us the stories of 50 women/girls from around the world, it is basically the shortest version of the story possible. I know this because I've studied many of the women listed or read their books and their story in her was incredibly simplified. Which is fine as long as you don't expect more.
The one thing that really annoyed me with the audiobook was that there's a section in every story called 'Shaking Up the World" and hearing this phrase every couple of minutes was so annoying. I would recommend this if you're looking for a brief introduction to some amazing women from history and around the world. But take your list from this book and do your own research, I guarantee you'll find out a lot more about each of the women in here with a quick couple google searches.
The one thing that really annoyed me with the audiobook was that there's a section in every story called 'Shaking Up the World" and hearing this phrase every couple of minutes was so annoying. I would recommend this if you're looking for a brief introduction to some amazing women from history and around the world. But take your list from this book and do your own research, I guarantee you'll find out a lot more about each of the women in here with a quick couple google searches.
March 29, 2019
1.5 stars.
I love collected biographies like this, and I had high hopes. I was disappointed.
There were definitely aspects I appreciated. The layout was smooth and appealing. The illustrations were cute. The few photographs included were a nice touch. The selection of women was fairly impressive, with women from a broad variety of places, times, and backgrounds featured.
I REALLY wanted to love it, particularly given those good things. It just gave me way too many reasons to not love it.
I'm going to put it in list format for ease of reading.
-It minimises the atrocities of the Spanish Inquisition
-It uses ableist language as a vital part of its storytelling (particularly regarding "overcoming disability" narratives)
-It uses a slur for the Romani people
-It implies that White American men historically treated indigenous women better than indigenous men did
-It has no issues going over the harm to indigenous communities in Australia and Guatemala, but completely avoids mentioning how US-Americans harmed indigenous communities.
-It dances around bad deeds of the women featured rather than being straightforward
-The glossary gives weird and harmful definitions for a number of words
-Some of the women one "expects" to see in books like this are written about in a way that is... very much the same as everything for children that has ever been written about those women.
Overall, I just really felt like every time I thought it could be something I could recommend, it gave me more reasons to not like it. I have read a LOT of these types of books, and I think there are many that do the same thing, but better and not problematic and gross.
I love collected biographies like this, and I had high hopes. I was disappointed.
There were definitely aspects I appreciated. The layout was smooth and appealing. The illustrations were cute. The few photographs included were a nice touch. The selection of women was fairly impressive, with women from a broad variety of places, times, and backgrounds featured.
I REALLY wanted to love it, particularly given those good things. It just gave me way too many reasons to not love it.
I'm going to put it in list format for ease of reading.
-It minimises the atrocities of the Spanish Inquisition
-It uses ableist language as a vital part of its storytelling (particularly regarding "overcoming disability" narratives)
-It uses a slur for the Romani people
-It implies that White American men historically treated indigenous women better than indigenous men did
-It has no issues going over the harm to indigenous communities in Australia and Guatemala, but completely avoids mentioning how US-Americans harmed indigenous communities.
-It dances around bad deeds of the women featured rather than being straightforward
-The glossary gives weird and harmful definitions for a number of words
-Some of the women one "expects" to see in books like this are written about in a way that is... very much the same as everything for children that has ever been written about those women.
Overall, I just really felt like every time I thought it could be something I could recommend, it gave me more reasons to not like it. I have read a LOT of these types of books, and I think there are many that do the same thing, but better and not problematic and gross.
April 22, 2018
I liked this book, it features interesting women and gives kids a short intro to them. I find it a bit naive in some ways and very optimistic at times. But overall I think its a good and interesting book for kids to read at an early age.
January 3, 2020
Some interesting and lesser known women which I did appreciate, but far too many problematic women as well. Genocide conductors, colonizing bitches, forcefully-sterilizing presidents, and Nazi sympathizers. We need to do better with the role models we present to children. Gorgeous illustrations and page layout though!
December 2, 2018
‘Wat door de ene groep vrouwen wordt gedaan of geleerd, wordt door hun vrouw-zijn van álle vrouwen.’ – Elizabeth Blackwell
Dit is één van de vele quotes die in dit bijzondere boek staan genoteerd over vrouwen die het verschil in de wereldgeschiedenis maakten.
Het kleurrijke, opvallende omslag is representatief voor de vele verschillende vrouwen die er zijn.
Indira Gandhi, Amalia Earhart, Coco Chanel, Malala of Moeder Teresa zijn direct herkenbaar en andere portretten nodigen uit tot bladeren en lezen. Deze vrouwen hadden een mening, een visie.
In de inhoudsopgave wordt duidelijk dat dit gemêleerde gezelschap vrouwen ingedeeld is in categorieën: denkers, leiders, creatievelingen, wereldverbeteraars en helden.
Dit is verrassend, want vaak kom je een chronologische of alfabetische lijst tegen.
Alle 50 vrouwen hebben tijdens hun leven een prestatie verricht en/of prijzen hiervoor gewonnen.
Sommigen kregen pas na hun overlijden erkenning, zoals de Russische ballerina Anna Pavlova.
De vrouwen komen uit diverse historische periodes en landen. Ze zorgen samen voor een kleurrijk pallet dat de wereld weerspiegelt. Denk hierbij aan de Egyptische tijd tot het heden waarin Malala een paar jaar terug nog moest strijden voor onderwijs voor meisjes.
Veel namen zullen een herkenning oproepen, maar wie weet werkelijk wat Sophie Scholl, Hypatia, Florence Nightingale of Jeanne d’Arc hebben gedaan waardoor ze op de geschiedenistijdlijn geplaatst zijn? Lees hierover in dit aan te bevelen boek.
Over iedere vrouw wordt in twee bladzijden verteld over haar jeugd, volwassen leven en hoe zij het verschil maakt(e) door haar moed, hoop en visie. De tekst is aangevuld met illustraties, foto’s, oude tekeningen en de genoemde quotes. De op het eerste gezicht volle bladspiegel en het wisselende lettertypegebruik vallen niet meer op tijdens het lezen over de stuk voor stuk interessante dames.
Achterin is een uitgebreide woordenlijst, een overzicht van de vrouwen en een compleet register opgenomen.
In het voorwoord wordt de lezer gevraagd over een eigen droom na te denken en het verschil in de wereld te maken. Wat is jouw droom? Maak jij het verschil?
Een zeer mooi tijdsbeeld over vrouwen die met hun doorzettingsvermogen en inzichten de wereld voor de vrouwen van nu hebben gemaakt tot wat deze nu is.
Dit is één van de vele quotes die in dit bijzondere boek staan genoteerd over vrouwen die het verschil in de wereldgeschiedenis maakten.
Het kleurrijke, opvallende omslag is representatief voor de vele verschillende vrouwen die er zijn.
Indira Gandhi, Amalia Earhart, Coco Chanel, Malala of Moeder Teresa zijn direct herkenbaar en andere portretten nodigen uit tot bladeren en lezen. Deze vrouwen hadden een mening, een visie.
In de inhoudsopgave wordt duidelijk dat dit gemêleerde gezelschap vrouwen ingedeeld is in categorieën: denkers, leiders, creatievelingen, wereldverbeteraars en helden.
Dit is verrassend, want vaak kom je een chronologische of alfabetische lijst tegen.
Alle 50 vrouwen hebben tijdens hun leven een prestatie verricht en/of prijzen hiervoor gewonnen.
Sommigen kregen pas na hun overlijden erkenning, zoals de Russische ballerina Anna Pavlova.
De vrouwen komen uit diverse historische periodes en landen. Ze zorgen samen voor een kleurrijk pallet dat de wereld weerspiegelt. Denk hierbij aan de Egyptische tijd tot het heden waarin Malala een paar jaar terug nog moest strijden voor onderwijs voor meisjes.
Veel namen zullen een herkenning oproepen, maar wie weet werkelijk wat Sophie Scholl, Hypatia, Florence Nightingale of Jeanne d’Arc hebben gedaan waardoor ze op de geschiedenistijdlijn geplaatst zijn? Lees hierover in dit aan te bevelen boek.
Over iedere vrouw wordt in twee bladzijden verteld over haar jeugd, volwassen leven en hoe zij het verschil maakt(e) door haar moed, hoop en visie. De tekst is aangevuld met illustraties, foto’s, oude tekeningen en de genoemde quotes. De op het eerste gezicht volle bladspiegel en het wisselende lettertypegebruik vallen niet meer op tijdens het lezen over de stuk voor stuk interessante dames.
Achterin is een uitgebreide woordenlijst, een overzicht van de vrouwen en een compleet register opgenomen.
In het voorwoord wordt de lezer gevraagd over een eigen droom na te denken en het verschil in de wereld te maken. Wat is jouw droom? Maak jij het verschil?
Een zeer mooi tijdsbeeld over vrouwen die met hun doorzettingsvermogen en inzichten de wereld voor de vrouwen van nu hebben gemaakt tot wat deze nu is.
December 14, 2018
Good information about 50 women who added so much to the world. I realize its Juvenille Non fiction but many of the concepts/situations the girls grew up in were not explained well. The one that really got me was on Hannah Szenes. She was a Jewish woman in Hungary. Later she moved to Palestine and became a member of the Israel Defense Forces. The author, Katherine Halligan stated the one of the main reasons WWII began was due to Nazi treatment of the Jewish people. US forces joined due to Pearl Harbor attack and requests for help by the British. There may have been some amount of knowledge of what Nazi's were doing to the Jews, but much of the concentration/death camps were not known until they were liberated. Also several of the women who had their scientific work stolen should be given their awards from the Nobel Prize. One was Rosalind Franklin who developed a photograph/x-ray of DNA called photograph 51 which showed the double helix. She was not given credit for this discovery which Watson, Crick and Wilkins used in their research (along with other information they discovered) in winning the Nobel Prize.
November 21, 2018
Women are amazing. Here are 50 examples.
February 5, 2020
It definitely glosses over some of the harsher realities of war, leaders and etc , but nonetheless is a good introduction to children about powerful women.
March 16, 2020
Overall rating: 4 stars
Style/writing: 2.5 stars
Themes: 4 stars
Content/knowledge: 4 stars
Art: 5 stars
Style/writing: 2.5 stars
Themes: 4 stars
Content/knowledge: 4 stars
Art: 5 stars
November 28, 2018
I wasn't sold on all of the historical figures/leaders, but overall this is a great list of women and their amazing contributions. It includes some well-known women, as well as some that I had not heard of, but was glad to learn about. It would be great in the hands of a middle-grader, or even ages 8-16.
September 8, 2019
Not an attractive book, design or illustration wise. Too many Americans. Too many questionable selections. Author is happy to slur countries where atrocities were once committed but completed neglected the considerable atrocities of her own country (United States). I was shocked that the atrocities against Australia’s aboriginal people at white settlement was mentioned in Cathy Freeman’s entry - she is a phenomenal woman and these atrocities were well before her time and had nothing to do with her life and achievements. Why continue to lump minorities with this kind of backstory. Just let the woman shine. This attention to self-righteously ‘calling-up-the-past’ was dealt to other women in the book, too, when the core of the entries should have been wholly related to the woman’s life in question. And including Mother Teresa? Tiresome.
March 28, 2019
Herstory: 50 Women and Girls Who Shook Up the World is a total treat for the eyes. The 50 women are separated into 5 groups: Believe & Lead, Imagine & Create, Help & Heal, Think & Solve, Hope & Overcome. Each woman has her own two-page spread with a short bio and explanation of how she "shook things up." The pages are almost scrapbook-like in nature, with off-kilter photos and beautiful illustrations. The writing is very clear. There's a pretty decent selection of women from various walks of life, age, color, and nationality. There is some representation of disabled women, such as Frida Kahlo, Helen Keller, and Annie Sullivan (side note: I thought it was very cool to see Sullivan get her own page). I liked Rosalind Franklin's page with the acknowledgement that she deserved the credit for Watson and Crick's Nobel Prize. And I was amazed by some of the little things I learned: Florence Nightingale invented the pie chart?!
However, I'd have liked to see queer representation-- even if a woman included was queer, there is no mention of that fact (as in the case of Frida Kahlo, for example). There are some questionably written entries as well. Sacagawea's bio, for example, is pretty complimentary of Lewis and Clark, and of America's westward expansion. Rosa Parks' doesn't mention her work with the NAACP at all. While Isaballa I's bio is careful to mention the Spanish Inquisition and some of the terror of Isabella's reign, it also presents conquest and empire as good things. Elizabeth I's bio doesn't even try to have a balanced outlook or present her reign as controversial, and again imperialism is presented as an accomplishment: "Where there had been violence and poverty, [Elizabeth] created peace and prosperity." And I'm shocked to see Mother Teresa included, when it's pretty well documented that her brand of "care" for the needy was neglectful, undignified, and intolerant. And I am so tired of Coco Chanel being included in these kinds of collections without any acknowledgement of her antisemitism or Nazi fraternization (if not outright collaboration). It makes me wonder what might be missing or misconstrued from the bios of the women I'm less familiar with.
For these reasons, I must rate this beautiful book poorly. I think it could still be useful as an introduction to young readers about famous women in history, however the rosy representations of some of the women should be taken with a (sometimes large) grain of salt.
However, I'd have liked to see queer representation-- even if a woman included was queer, there is no mention of that fact (as in the case of Frida Kahlo, for example). There are some questionably written entries as well. Sacagawea's bio, for example, is pretty complimentary of Lewis and Clark, and of America's westward expansion. Rosa Parks' doesn't mention her work with the NAACP at all. While Isaballa I's bio is careful to mention the Spanish Inquisition and some of the terror of Isabella's reign, it also presents conquest and empire as good things. Elizabeth I's bio doesn't even try to have a balanced outlook or present her reign as controversial, and again imperialism is presented as an accomplishment: "Where there had been violence and poverty, [Elizabeth] created peace and prosperity." And I'm shocked to see Mother Teresa included, when it's pretty well documented that her brand of "care" for the needy was neglectful, undignified, and intolerant. And I am so tired of Coco Chanel being included in these kinds of collections without any acknowledgement of her antisemitism or Nazi fraternization (if not outright collaboration). It makes me wonder what might be missing or misconstrued from the bios of the women I'm less familiar with.
For these reasons, I must rate this beautiful book poorly. I think it could still be useful as an introduction to young readers about famous women in history, however the rosy representations of some of the women should be taken with a (sometimes large) grain of salt.
June 8, 2020
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May 29, 2020
3.5 stars rounded up because I appreciate the concept and effort. I've been listening to several books about the achievements of women and it was interesting to see the overlap and difference in focus. This book did a decent job at pouting out how the women's contributions matter, but in some cases, it failed to do so well. Also, the stories were a bit too uneven and there was a bit too much overlap. However, I did appreciate that they included some less famous women and women who's contributions may not immediately look like they are "worthwhile" in the sense that Americans judge worth. Decent collection that mentions the horrors of women's lives in child friendly euphemisms.
April 16, 2020
A lot of familiar faces here, but some new (to me) ones too. The selection spans millenia and all demographics. I was happy to learn about more incredible women but a lot of context is missing. I hope the children who read this book grow up to further research their complex heroines.
I was very excited to learn that the tongue twister "she sells sea shells by the seashore" is believed to be about Mary Anning!
I was very excited to learn that the tongue twister "she sells sea shells by the seashore" is believed to be about Mary Anning!
March 25, 2021
Each remarkable woman’s life is well summarized for the 4th and 5th grade reader. Because the summaries touch upon the struggles and the achievements of these women at level young reader can understand it is a good introduction to them. The book introduces young readers to serious topics in a manner that does not traumatizes them. It is a good stepping stone to the more serious coverage of these women in junior high.
September 10, 2018
An inspiring collection of 50 women and girls who shook up the world. This book is one that will inspire readers of all ages. With it's compilation of brief histories on each person featured, this book is great for history lovers, as well as for classroom and school libraries. From historical to modern day, these 50 women and girls have left their mark on the world, and continue to do so today.
December 9, 2018
And the GIRL POWER books continue with this beautifully illustrated and thoughtfully laid out collection of power girls and young women in history. A great one for parents and children together or for older kids.
January 27, 2019
Throughout human history, countless women and girls have fought in great and small ways to make their mark on the world and change the future.
I loved everything about this book - layout, art, typeset, photographs, and the stories themselves. Sometimes, it helps to be reminded of the women who made an impact to the world.
I loved everything about this book - layout, art, typeset, photographs, and the stories themselves. Sometimes, it helps to be reminded of the women who made an impact to the world.
December 5, 2018
Beautiful factual book about women and girls who have made big differences in our world :D
October 2, 2019
Diverse and well written perfect for ages 9-13. Wonderful facts and details reveal a female side of history.
June 14, 2021
Leuk! Licht! Mooie illustraties! Fan!
January 30, 2021
I thought about giving this two stars but I gave it three because there were parts of it that I loved.
I was super excited about this book and thought it was going to be great. It seems like a really good book for kids and she has direct quotes from these women. She has beautiful imagery, the typesete worked really well for the story. But I leave feeling not so sure about it. I mean some of these ladies are badass and awesome; I love Sophie Scholl & Ada Lovelace they are not well known and are pretty amazing. Um Wangari Maathai graduated from my College, she is amazing. But then there were other things I couldn't ignore....some of the 'Believe and lead' ladies were great but...just not the best models. There were a couple things I read that I wasn't sure were okay to glorify? And there was a part she said something about if she was a man this would be celebrated and I thought really? It was weird and I wasn't really jiving with it. My note was: "There were a could times I was a bit like 'eh I don't know about that' and when the author talked about how the women were remembered/depicted/behaved. Almost like she said if they were men this would have been fine but I'm not sure if that's great justification." AND! So I was reading along and I got to Hypatia (p. 72-73) and the picture the author used I had on a book I owned about women in the middle ages and that book said it was Saint Catherine of Sienna, which makes sense with the halo around her head. This made me feel suspicious and uncomfortable. I googled it and it was one of the images that came up but it is called 'St. Catherine disputing with the philosophers of Alexandria' by Masolino de Panicale?? Which seems a bit like shoddy research? Am I being too judgemental? I have no idea.
So there were parts of this book I loved. I learned some things I didn't kn0w (Anne Sullivan was blind???) So this book is good but I can't call it great....
Quotes:
“You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist”(p. 11) Indira Gandhi
“If you’re feeling helpless, help someone”(p. 11) Indira Gandhi
“There was one of two things I had a right to, liberty or death; if I could not have one, I would have the other”(p. 16). Harriet Tubman
“Amazing things you find when you bother to search for them”(p. 25) Sacagawea
“My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive”(p. 38). Maya Angelou
“If you don’t like something, change it. If you can’t change it, change your attitude”(p. 39) Maya Angelou
“In spite of this sad start, Ada had a fairly happy-if unusual- childhood. Her mother loved mathematics, and believed that it was important for Ada to study math and science, so that she would not become a wild and moody poet like her father. She also made Ada lie still for hours at a time to teach her to control her temper. Luckily, Ada was very good at math and science and languages, too, and she enjoyed her studies. Most girls were not taught these subjects because they were thought to be too difficult for them, but Ada proved that this idea was nonsense”(p. 70).
“Reserve your right to think, for even to think wrongly is better than not to think at all”(p. 72). Hypatia
“The man who kills the animals today is the man who kills the people who get in his way tomorrow”(p. 83). Dian Fossey
I was super excited about this book and thought it was going to be great. It seems like a really good book for kids and she has direct quotes from these women. She has beautiful imagery, the typesete worked really well for the story. But I leave feeling not so sure about it. I mean some of these ladies are badass and awesome; I love Sophie Scholl & Ada Lovelace they are not well known and are pretty amazing. Um Wangari Maathai graduated from my College, she is amazing. But then there were other things I couldn't ignore....some of the 'Believe and lead' ladies were great but...just not the best models. There were a couple things I read that I wasn't sure were okay to glorify? And there was a part she said something about if she was a man this would be celebrated and I thought really? It was weird and I wasn't really jiving with it. My note was: "There were a could times I was a bit like 'eh I don't know about that' and when the author talked about how the women were remembered/depicted/behaved. Almost like she said if they were men this would have been fine but I'm not sure if that's great justification." AND! So I was reading along and I got to Hypatia (p. 72-73) and the picture the author used I had on a book I owned about women in the middle ages and that book said it was Saint Catherine of Sienna, which makes sense with the halo around her head. This made me feel suspicious and uncomfortable. I googled it and it was one of the images that came up but it is called 'St. Catherine disputing with the philosophers of Alexandria' by Masolino de Panicale?? Which seems a bit like shoddy research? Am I being too judgemental? I have no idea.
So there were parts of this book I loved. I learned some things I didn't kn0w (Anne Sullivan was blind???) So this book is good but I can't call it great....
Quotes:
“You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist”(p. 11) Indira Gandhi
“If you’re feeling helpless, help someone”(p. 11) Indira Gandhi
“There was one of two things I had a right to, liberty or death; if I could not have one, I would have the other”(p. 16). Harriet Tubman
“Amazing things you find when you bother to search for them”(p. 25) Sacagawea
“My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive”(p. 38). Maya Angelou
“If you don’t like something, change it. If you can’t change it, change your attitude”(p. 39) Maya Angelou
“In spite of this sad start, Ada had a fairly happy-if unusual- childhood. Her mother loved mathematics, and believed that it was important for Ada to study math and science, so that she would not become a wild and moody poet like her father. She also made Ada lie still for hours at a time to teach her to control her temper. Luckily, Ada was very good at math and science and languages, too, and she enjoyed her studies. Most girls were not taught these subjects because they were thought to be too difficult for them, but Ada proved that this idea was nonsense”(p. 70).
“Reserve your right to think, for even to think wrongly is better than not to think at all”(p. 72). Hypatia
“The man who kills the animals today is the man who kills the people who get in his way tomorrow”(p. 83). Dian Fossey
May 22, 2019
History is often told through the exploits of men, because for the most part they held the most powerful positions and made the decisions that changed the world. But that’s not always the case. Elizabeth I is an exception, a queen who helped solidify England’s place as a nation with world-wide impact. Mother Teresa made a difference in a different area, helping to found an organization that has grown to more than 500 centers in more than 100 countries to better the lives of the poor.
These are just two of the influential women profiled in Herstory: 50 Women and Girls Who Shook Up the World. Written by Katherine Halligan and illustrated by Sarah Walsh, Herstory focuses on 10 women in each of five categories—Believe & Lead, Imagine & Create, Help & Heal, Think & Solve, and Hope & Overcome.
The profiles include women from ancient history like Hypatia, who was an Egyptian mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher, born around 360 AD, as well as women making modern history, like Malala Yousafzai, born in northern Pakistan in 1997. Malala won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2014 and champions the cause of education for women and girls.
Each woman is featured on two pages in an over-sized format, which allows for illustrations and photos to go along with information about when and where they were born and what they accomplished. The bios discuss how cultures differed during historical time frames to explain how sometimes actions that would not be acceptable today were common for the time period.
Herstory provides inspiration as well as information about influential women and girls throughout history. I recommend it for readers aged 9 and up.
The publisher provided me with a copy of this book in exchange for my honest review.
These are just two of the influential women profiled in Herstory: 50 Women and Girls Who Shook Up the World. Written by Katherine Halligan and illustrated by Sarah Walsh, Herstory focuses on 10 women in each of five categories—Believe & Lead, Imagine & Create, Help & Heal, Think & Solve, and Hope & Overcome.
The profiles include women from ancient history like Hypatia, who was an Egyptian mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher, born around 360 AD, as well as women making modern history, like Malala Yousafzai, born in northern Pakistan in 1997. Malala won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2014 and champions the cause of education for women and girls.
Each woman is featured on two pages in an over-sized format, which allows for illustrations and photos to go along with information about when and where they were born and what they accomplished. The bios discuss how cultures differed during historical time frames to explain how sometimes actions that would not be acceptable today were common for the time period.
Herstory provides inspiration as well as information about influential women and girls throughout history. I recommend it for readers aged 9 and up.
The publisher provided me with a copy of this book in exchange for my honest review.
February 27, 2020
Este libro recoge biogragrafías de varias mujeres que dejaron huellas tan profundas en la historia y en la sociedad que llegaron a cambiar su rumbo. Mujeres brillantes, inteligentes y valientes que contribuyeron a mejorar nuestro mundo y rompieron las barreras que, por la época en la que les toco vivir, les fueron impuestas. Para leer mas (...)
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December 31, 2019
Brief biographies of fifty women who have changed the world. Divided into five categories of influence:
- Believe & Lead
- Imagine & Create
- Help & Heal
- Think & Solve
- Hope & Overcome
Halligan offer quotes when possible and brief summaries of their lives that show readers how they changed the world around them.
- Believe & Lead
- Imagine & Create
- Help & Heal
- Think & Solve
- Hope & Overcome
Halligan offer quotes when possible and brief summaries of their lives that show readers how they changed the world around them.
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January 23, 2021Me ha encantado, son 50 mini biografias (dos paginas y con ilustraciones) de mujeres que de una forma u otra cambiaron el mundo.
Como siempre, a este tipo de libros no les pongo nota porque no me siento cómoda valorando las vivencias de personas reales. Pero 100% recomendado
Como siempre, a este tipo de libros no les pongo nota porque no me siento cómoda valorando las vivencias de personas reales. Pero 100% recomendado
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