Wonderful book. I loved it. It's such an empowering book for young females. It shows them that they are able to be in places that historically only went to men. Women can lead. They can do what men can do. Even adults can learn a lesson or two from this. I learned a lot about these women as well.

When I first requested this book, I didn’t necessarily know what to expect. I had originally thought it was going to showcase women who are important to history, but I was pleasantly surprised to see that it was more than that. Many of the books that we see showcasing women in leadership roles tend to focus on American leaders. The thing I enjoyed most about this book is that it showcased leaders of many countries and backgrounds. That was refreshing because I am a latina, and seeing other latinas represented was amazing for me. I am looking forward to sharing this book with others so that they can see themselves reflected in the pages.

This book contained profiles on 44 women in politics, the majority currently holding office in the United States. There were a few important figures who formerly served and some international women as well. Both parties were represented. In places, I felt the book ocused more on their personal story than important service or accomplishments. I did learn more about women I wasn't as familiar with. I felt this book probably needed a high school or older audience, and it was enjoyable to read as an adult.
I received an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

This is a well put together resource for young people who want to learn more about women in politics - from across the political spectrum. It is skewed towards the US (and the author explains in the introduction that this is because that is where the book is being published), but also includes some women from the rest of the world. It looks at their policies and what they stand for - as well as if they have been involved in controversies. I thought it was a great overview that would provide a good jumping off point for more in-depth reading as well as encouraging young people to get involved in politics and activism by seeing what other people who look like them or have backgrounds similar to their own have accomplished in politics.

Thank you, NetGalley for providing me with an eARC in exchange for an honest review

Caitlin Donohue's "She Represents" is a collection of biographies of women in government. She reveals the lives of forty-four women who have made differences in politics. The woman that was included in this book were diverse and different from one another and were all from different countries. Donahue also made sure that all different political affiliations and parties were represented.

Even though there were woman from different countries that were included in this book, it still was primarily focused on woman in American politics. Donohue sums up life stories of great women in politics in less than three pages per person which included biographies, how they got to the office, and their political aims.
I was a little confused about the structure in which this novel was put together because of the focus on the less influential woman had more thorough biographies while woman like Michelle Obama and Ruth Bader Ginsberg was profiled in a section called "mini-profiles" although this was a little jarring for me, I thoroughly enjoyed the sections in which we learned more about Alexandra Ocasio Cortez and the woman in Congress.
I loved the wide spectrum of people who were covered in this book it showed women in Congress, the president’s Cabinet, the Court system, international leaders, First Ladies, and more. This to me was the aspect that really made me enjoy this, as it is a reminder to the young women and young people that they don't have to be President in order to make a difference in politics, there are many other ways.
Although I enjoyed this aspect, I saw a lack of Asian woman who was profiled and I saw it as a missed opportunity to talk about woman like Malala Yousefzai and Greta Thunberg who are making strides for young people

Overall, I thought it was a solid read that provided a great overview of some very historic women.

I appreciate the intent of this book to highlight women involved in politics in the US and around the world, regardless of their party affiliation, as well as the choice to cover a wide range of women, from longtime career politicians like Nancy Pelosi and Elizabeth Warren to rising stars like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Stacey Abrams. However, I did expect some discernment when it came to picking who would be featured; especially since these profiles don’t highlight the legitimate criticisms against some of them, like receiving their position due to their connections as opposed to their capability, or their involvement in other verifiably shady behavior.
However, this still functions as I believe it was intendded, to provide an overview of the landscape of women in politics now, presenting a jumping off point for people to do further investigation.

Did not finish. I tried to get into this one multiple times but it was not as engaging as I had hoped. I wanted to read it with my daughter but she lost interest in some of the longer sections. Maybe if it was a physical book so the picture was visible with the bio?

I enjoyed this book and learned so, so much! It felt a bit slow and repetitive at times, but that makes sense given it was many bios back to back - so I appreciated the small breaks that were either education about the government, or some smaller profiles about other women.

I loved the drawings - so I am excited to see what the printed books looks like and how it is laid out, because I think that will definitely add a lot to the reading experience.

The only thing that really stuck out to me was some interesting word choice - at one point in the book it mentions pro-life, but in another bio it says antiabortion. I don't know if that was intentional given the women's own preferred language.

This book is something everybody needs to read.

It reminded me a lot of another great book about women's accomplisments, called Wonder Women, one of my favorites.

I loved how she brought all these amazing women doing politics, but yet how we are still minority inside the world of politics. She even brought statistics on how we are less than half on the parliament's world at the prologue, brought a personal relate on how she was objectified by a male reporter even though she also was one.

Seriously, the way she writes their accomplishments was amazing! And how also she recongnized that women can also be villains in politics. So glad she talked about Marielle Franco and her brutal murder. I loved the illustrations, they were so beautiful!

**I received an e-ARC from NetGalley for an honest review**

I do feel an opportunity was missed on including up and coming young women who are political without being directly in politics (Vanessa Nakate, Malala Yousafzai, and Greta Thunberg to name a few). Also missed opportunities for people who have worked with the UN (Waris Dirie, Amal Clooney, and more.) and have made major impacts on laws and judgements passed by the UN.

Unfortunately, I cannot understand why people like Tammy Duckworth who served in the US military get a single paragraph while you give whole sections to women like DeVos who received her appointment due to her family heavily contributing to republican campaigns and who continues to answer Congressional hearing questions with comments such as "I'm not sure about that" and "I'm afraid I don't know".

Overall, there were some great women mentioned (on both sides of the aisle), but I believe some of the women that were included were done so just to increase debate and drive up the publicity for the book and author.

Caitlin Donohue's "She Represents" is a collection of biographies of women in government. She details the lives of 44 women who have made differences! The women in this book are from different countries in the world and Caitlin Donohue makes sure that different affiliations and political parties are accounted for.

This is a perfect book for any person because you will learn of struggles and successes among women from all around the world. I think it's a great thing that she doesn't stick to a certain party and does not allow her bias to cloud her judgement on choosing whose stories to tell. While I don't agree with some of the politics of some of the people she chose, it is the people I don't agree with, not Donohue's choice to include them. I loved being able to read the stories of such accomplished women. My favorite biographies were Mazie Hirano and Leila de Lima. Leila de Lima stands out in particular as I am a Filipino-American and de Lima is a Filipino senator. She continues to serve her position as she is in prison and now is currently filing for bail. I think her story proves that she, and women in general, are so resilient. They work in a male-dominated field and they continue to persevere.

Young women and children will love to read the stories of these powerful women who represent! Anyone will have a great time reading and will be inspired to do better for our world after seeing what these women overcame to make our countries a better place on the government level.

I loved the fact that SHE REPRESENTS contains page after page of inspiring bios of women who are leading from the left and right and from all over the world. 44 women, 44 leaders. It’s a great time to meet these women who are shaping policy and effecting change.

What a fantastic guide to strong women making changes around the world! I learned about lots on new women that have been making great changes and progress that I had never heard before! However there were a few women that have currently been terrible (i.e. Betsy Devos) that didn't necessarily deserve a spot in this book. I love the arts as well as having the summary and the very cool quotable section.
Thank you to netgalley and the publishers for providing me with an arc for an honest review!

𝙒𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙄 𝙇𝙞𝙠𝙚𝙙:⁠
- BEAUTIFUL Illustrations⁠
- Focused on powerful women on ALL sides of the political spectrum and focusing on how they kicked ass and why they're amazing.⁠
- Gave us their backstory, their political agenda (aka what mattered most to them), the incredible things they accomplished, and some memorable quotes ⁠
- DIVERSITY!!!⁠
- Didn't just focus on the men in their lives⁠

This book was inspirational, especially at a time when so many male leaders are making a complete mess of running their countries and trying to lead their citizens as they try to recover from the effects of Covid 19 in their countries. Here we read profiles on 44 internationally renowned, inspirational and prolific women under the subheading of "Life Story," "What's on Her Agenda," "Awesome Achievements," and "Quotables." These women evoke pride and honour. They prime minister of New Zealand Jacinda Ardern is constantly in the media because of her no nonsense approach to her work while simultaneous putting her family first. Marielle Franco from Rio de Janeiro was black and openly gay. She grew up in a flavela and was killed for her part in the fight for equality for gays and for women. These are just two of those individuals featured in this book who led demands for women's rights like shining beacons. This book is a must read for all 21st century women,

Loved this book, found it so inspiring to finally see how women have started shaping our Earth into a better place, taking a part in politics and getting involve with society. Love the illustrations, and details into the biography of each one of the leaders. Will surely recommed to my students, Its important to let youth know how females have face dstruggles to get society, to take them seriusly specially in politics and careers that were mainly leaded by men in the past.

What I liked:
This book covered a wide range of women in politics, from all different backgrounds, nationalities, issues, etc. It talked about some women whose names you can't not know but also highlighted some lesser known women. I like that it focused on the work that they're doing, rather than retelling a biography of each woman. The book's coverage of women of both Democrats and Republicans makes it less partisan than other similar books, which I like because adults tend not to branch out of their own party's/ideaologies' heroes. I think the writing was fair to all of the women without favoritism shown.

What I didn't like:
The book was kind of inconsistent. Most of the women featured are in the United States. Some are from other countries. The balance is disproportionate, so I wish the creators had chosen to balance the American/non-American women featured or focus exclusively on the U.S. I also didn't like the artwork very much. The illustrations looked a bit amateur and seemed sporadically placed. Only some women had portraits, and I wish they all did, or at least that there was more rhyme or reason to it.

Overall, I'm really glad that this book is out there, and I would recommend it.

This book covers 44 diverse women. It may seem like that could lead to an overwhelming amount of information, but it is presented and organized in a way that it doesn’t feel too dense.

The biographies are grouped by categories, such as “women judges and justices.” Also, each bio includes the “life story,” “what’s on her agenda,” “awesome achievements,” “quotables,” and an illustration of each woman. A lot is packed into three or four pages, but is provided in a reader-friendly way.

There were women I had heard of and some I hadn’t, but I left learning something about each of them. Suggested addition to your YA non-fiction.

This book seems to be beloved on NetGalley, but I cannot l, for the life of me, understand why some of the women were featured. It’s one thing to say you are highlighting women on both sides of the aisle so as to not show preference to any one political party, but to highlight a woman who got her job in politics purely because she has money and has absolutely zero qualifications is another. To highlight women who have close, personal ties to men who have been accused and/or prosecuted for sexual assault is not playing fair; it’s being complicit. For the record, I am referring to women on both sides with this one.

I understand that nonfiction is supposed to show you the facts, but at some point, there needs to be some sort of bar to set the acceptable standard. There were some women who have done absolutely unacceptable things and some who are so unqualified it would be laughable if it weren’t at the expense of our children who had full features, but then a woman like Michelle Obama only got a little tiny paragraph. I did appreciate that there were a number of women from other countries (special shout-out to Jacinda Ardern), but this book was still very much US-centric. The format wasn’t the same throughout, which made it feel disjointed, so I wasn’t a big fan of that either, but I could have lived with it if it weren’t for the other issues I had with this book.

Honestly, take it or leave it. I thought most of the features were well-written and interesting, but I think some of the women did not deserve the honor of being named with the likes of Michelle Obama, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ilhan Omar, Mia Love, Martha McSally, and Lisa Murkowski.

Thank you to the publisher and NetGalley for access to this title.

She Represents is a collection of short biographies of important women in the world, notably in politics. This book will inspire young women to make a difference in the world. The book represents a highly diverse group of women who are movers and shakers in their communities, states, countries, and the world. The extensive bibliography demonstrates how thoroughly Caitlin Donohue explores her subjects. My only wish is that each woman had an illustration. The ones included in the arc are wonderful. This book will definitely have a place in my school library.

Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for the chance to read this arc in exchange for an honest review.