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Vivid visuals highlight the rise of feminism across three waves making this book even more than informative. For those who are unaware of women's history as well as those more versed in the topic, this book would be especially vital for younger women in its style of presentation .
I think this is a great book, especially for teen readers. Gives great historical education that youths don’t get in school. Super appreciated the explanations for the three different waves of feminism.
Thank you to NetGalley for giving me a free digital Advanced Reading Copy (ARC e-book) of this title. I really enjoyed it! We Are Feminist by Tiller Press was a great read. This important book explores the meaning of feminism, and explains why it should matter to you.This book provides very cool insight into feminist ideals and helps the reader make sense of what it truly means to be a feminist. This book really sums it all up. We have known for a long time that things still aren’t exactly equal, but this book has opened my eyes to how truly unfair women are being treated TO THIS DAY! And it seriously needs to change. If you don’t know where to start, this book is a great place.
If you're looking for a brief overview of feminist history, this book is for you. It's a relatively quick read that covers many different aspects of global feminism throughout the years. While the women featured were racially diverse, I wish other marginalized groups of women had also been featured.
This is such an important book! It organizes the three waves of feminism with careful consideration to every issue, from abortion and contraception to science and inventions. (Of all the things I learned from this book, I was most mindblown to learn that actress Hedy Lamarr patented an early technology that helped pave the way for WiFi!) The book is intersectional and I was pleased to see its focus on feminists worldwide, not just in the US. It incorporates all the foundational feminist writings I already knew but also provided me with tons of new reading material to research. And it has great graphics and pictures.
Two constructive points: I was very surprised to see Hillary Clinton was not included. I understand she is polarizing, but as the first female nominee for President in a major party and the person who said “Women’s Rights are Human Rights” at the UN, she is part of our history and should certainly have been included. It mentioned that Trump was elected but completely omitted to mention his female opponent. That was quite odd. I considered removing a star for this glaring omission, but ultimately it’s still a great five-star book and one I would recommend to all. I hope this omission might be corrected in future editions. In addition, I also wished there had been more on the civil rights movement in the US and the intersection of race and gender issues. But ultimately I get that this is a book with an international focus, but I felt these two issues were historically very important to feminism.
Despite this I really enjoyed this book and learned a lot from it. A five star read.
Thanks so much to NetGalley, the author and the publisher for the ARC and for putting out this book which is essential reading for any feminist.
I really enjoyed this visual timeline of the feminist movements. I really liked being able to see several of the milestones, like the right to vote and abortion rights, in a global context. Seeing all the timelines and maps really helped to put a more visual experience to all of the facts. The way that all of the information in this book was presented made it really easy to understand and comprehend. I liked seeing all of the important women from around the world. I'm so used to such a US-centric approach to learning about feminism, that this made it nice to see globally. I liked the separate topics as well as the separation of the waves. I do think that it was missing some of the context within the abolitionist movements and the civil rights movements in relation to the strain around race as well as gender. I think this book missed a whole bunch of history of the feminist movements when it skipped talking about the problems with the movements' acceptance of people of all races. I also wanted a bit more about "fourth-wave" feminism that is beginning. I feel like feminism has changed so much in the past few years and this book touched on it a little bit but didn't go too much into depth, especially in the intersectionality of feminism. Overall, I enjoyed reading this book. I look forward to more books like this!
Fantastic in every way.
I was so impressed by this book, which I expected to be educational but did not expect to be so thorough, interesting and well done. It's colorful and easy to read, easy to digest, but packed with information. I love that it covers women's history everywhere, not just in the United States or the UK, and it does it so well. Infographics show you at a glance what happened all over the world in timelines, such as when each country granted women the right to vote (Wyoming was the first state in 1869, New Zealand the first country in 1893, all the way to Portugal with some restrictions in 1976 and Iran in 1980), when divorces and abortion was legalized by country around the world, when the first women were elected to office around the world, and much more. Biographies of influential feminists from around the world are featured, along with quotes, historical background for each era, and so much more.
The book is divided into three waves of feminism, covering the people and issues of each wave in depth.
I plan to purchase this book for our homeschool and recommend it as a must-read for absolutely everyone. It easy enough to read that kids can use it, but it's packed with information that will be new to any adult. The infographic style of the timelines and such make it easy to learn a lot at a glance, without being busy and overstimulating like some infographic books. Highly recommended.
I read a temporary digital ARC of this book for the purpose of review.