Heidi Hemming

This book is written for young readers to get a look inside female history in America.
I liked the pictures and the quotes from woman about different circumstances a lot, but I didnt like the way the author wrote about popular clothing, beauty, common first names, vacuum cleaners, stoves, or even changing diapers, in the same way than a Nobel Price keeper or the red cross founder.
This makes a young reader believe that wearing a bra or schooling daughters has the same priority. Give the woman`s minds and fights a little bit more room in this publication!
This book is a nice look into American history, but it has not very much to do with "making America."
Especially young women need to see that the way they are able to live today is based on a lot of fighting and suffering from their grand mothers.
And I missed some important women like Harper Lee or the witch trials.… (meer)