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“Women Money Power” revisits some of the pivotal ways that gender, government, and economics intersect. As someone who enjoys sociological history, none of this non-fiction text was surprising. However, the anecdotes and information were written with appropriate detail, context, and an engaging manner. Financial journalist Josie Cox looks at the myriad of ways that American institutions impact those who identify as female. Cox very appropriately recognizes her privilege as a cisgendered, heterosexual woman at the start and end of the text. I appreciated that she clearly identified herself and that her text represents one perspective. I was impressed with Cox’s narration of her own work. She was both evocative and matter of fact, drawing the reader in with words and voice. Unfortunately, Cox’s very thorough text also reminded me of the minimal progress and significant work required to develop economic equality across genders.

“Women Money Power” was released in the U.S. on March 5, 2024. Many thanks to RB Media and Netgalley for this audio ARC given in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own.

Enlightening, engaging and insightful. This should be mandatory reading for everyone! I had high expectations for the content, but it surpassed them. The structure was that the author recounted stories of specific women, following a chronological order, in a very engaging interesting way, describing them comprehensively so we understand them as full people. And using their stories to demonstrate real changes made and/or real difficulties that women encounter. All the while, these stories are substantiated and filled with countless statistics and supporting facts. This book is such a comprehensive take of how complex the issue is of women and economic parity. I never realized, despite how much progress has been made, how far away we still are, and how so recent some of these changes have occurred. I would recommend this book to everyone!

Thank you, NetGalley and RB Media for this advanced readers audiobook! The author delves into the history of power and politics behind women voting and being able to control to control their own money and hold property. The author describes how these factors contribute to how women are able to gain education and care and support themselves and their families. Josie Cox shows just how far women have come, but there are still those who wish to take away those rights. I loved this book as it shows some of these rights were only gained not that long ago and we need to fight to keep them.

There was some good historical information in here, but I was having a hard time with some of the things the author was saying. This ended up being a DNF for me. I just couldn't make myself keep going when the content was not something I was enjoying.

4.5

In Women Money Power, financial journalist Josie Cox walks through the fight for women's economic equality in the United States. She argues that women's equality relies on financial freedom, showing how things like access to family planning (whether it be contraceptives or abortion) play a pivotal role in gender equality. She tracks legislation that has made it possible for women to get fired or not hired based on their probability of leaving the workforce to raise children and how the modern childcare crisis is forcing women out of the workforce at alarming levels.

Overall, I thought this was a really well researched book! It does lean a little dry and fact heavy but I appreciated the humanity she was able to bring to some of the pioneers of gender equality. If you're looking to pick up a good nonfiction this Women's History Month (or whenever because diversity shouldn't be limited to a certain time of year), I highly recommend this!