Modern Women

Beautifully illustrated and what a short concise and encouraging and heartbreaking story of corona to date. This is so necessary for everyone to read in life. I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.

I have recently been striving to expand my knowledge of all things feminist with books championing women, This beautifully put together collection of biographies and stories of impressive women has made a lasting impression with me.

It was wonderful to read more about these inspirational women within their fields, whom some of which I had only heard of a little or not at all.

Thanks to the publisher and NetGalley for an advanced copy in return for my unbiased review.

This is a wonderful addition to the selection of feminist compendiums talking about many women who have changed the world who haven't received the attention and legacy they deserved. This was a perfect book to dip in and out of when you're in need of some inspiration.

Thank you for this copy of Modern Women.
I loved reading about these strong, powerful and inspiring women. Learning a bit more about names I’ve definitely heard of before as well as learning about some women whom I’ve never heard of left me feeling pride. I am definitely looking forward to continuing to educate myself on some of these ladies. Their stories heartbreaking, reading how far women have come and yet still reminding me of how far we have go. A must read for anyone who wants to find inspiration in some awesome ladies.

I loved reading about influential women throughout history. The women featured in this book worked toward women’s rights, gender equality, racial equality, and more. I learned about women I had never heard of before and some that I am interested in learning more about.

Overall, I enjoyed this book. The only thing I didn’t particularly like is that there is no introduction or summing up. It felt very abrupt as it goes straight into the first essay and ends immediately after the final one. I would have loved to read about the author’s thoughts and process for selecting the women in the book.

I highly recommend this book for those looking to learn more about women’s history and influence.

The book is split into 52 chapters, one for each of the women that has made an impact on the modern world. The women range from rock stars to astronauts, and covers how they made a difference to both the world but also to greater gender equality.

Each chapter has a photograph of the women at the start, which just be flicking through the book, showed you the full range of women covered and the diversity of the women. I’d not heard of a number of the women, so it was fascinating to learn about their lives, but also about the history of the country and time period that they lived in.

My only disappoint was that each chapter was only a few pages long, and it would have been wonderful to learn more about each woman. This would make a great gift to any young person wanting some motivational inspiration of what can be achieved against the odds.

A book such as this should be available in every school library, but would also make for an interesting coffee table book.

Thank you to the publisher for gifting me advance ebook access to the title.

Modern Women is a triumph!
The strength, desire and determination of these brilliant pioneers is something to savor. Their will was unstoppable. Women from all walks of life have paved the way selflessly. Maya Angelou, Dorothea Lange, Frida Kahlo, Billie Jean King, Audre Lorde (to name a few) made it possible for generations of women and young girls to not only dream but to achieve. The biographical vignettes (accompanied by a photo) are beautiful reminders of the possibilities that lie before us. They are daily reminders to influence, encourage and inspire, This book is a gift and is highly recommended!
My thanks to every champion whose story fill these pages, to Kira Cochrane for this insightful book and to NetGalley and Quarto Publishing for an ARC in exchange for an unbiased review.

This collection of 52 short introductions of some serious bad-ass women was interesting, but I wish there would have been an introduction by the author explaining how she came up with these 52 women. The list is heavily British, but does have women from around the world.

Thank you to NetGalley, the publisher, and the author for an ARC in exchange for a fair and honest review.

“Feminism isn’t something that you are, it’s something that you do”

Modern Women is a collection of mini biographies that celebrate influential and incredibly inspiring women who have changed the world through their lives, work and actions. Whether they were suffragettes, scientists, activists, politicians, artists or pilots, they all paved the way for gender equality in their own way.

I LOVED learning more about all these incredible ladies, and felt incredibly empowered reading about them. This book just shows the impact of actions, no matter how small.

Honourable mention to Maya Angelou who is literally one of my main inspirations in life (her biography just made me have so much respect and love for her as a person). But I loved learning more about other cool women, such as the abolitionist Harriet Tubman, Audre Lorde, Frida Kahlo and so many more.

Each chapter is the perfect length for giving you a surface level summary of each of their lives – I will definitely be reading more about some of them because their lives are so interesting and I want to learn more. I’d definitely recommend this and will be buying a copy when I can so I can refer back to it again and again.