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Bezig met laden... Modern Women: 52 Pioneersdoor Kira Cochrane
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 Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek.  pomo58 | Dec 30, 2020 |   By Kira Cochrane 2017 Frances Lincoln, UK 52 Pioneer women.....a short bio and pictures accompany each entry. Very well done, and glossy. My favorites were: Alice Guy - Blache. ..film director...1873-1968 Katie Sandwina...circus strong woman...1884-1952 Vesta Tilley...male impersonator....1864-1952 Jan Morris...writer...1926- Artemisia Gentileschi....artist....1593-1653 Oprah Winfrey....Television icon...1954- Mary Wollstonecraft. ..writer...1759-1797 Frida Kahlo...artist...1907-1954 Louise Bourgeois. ..artist...1911-2010 Virginia Woolf...writer...1882-1941 Claudia Jones....wtiter/activist....1915-1964 Well researched and written. Highly recommended. (  ) over.the.edge | Sep 16, 2018 | geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
"Modern Women" is a celebration of influential and inspiring women who have changed the world through their lives, work and actions. From suffragettes to scientists, activists to artists, politicians to pilots and writers to riot grrrls, the women included have all paved the way for gender equality in their own indomitable way. Find out about extraordinary women including writer and teacher Maya Angelou, computer scientist Ada Lovelace, abolitionist Harriet Tubman, film star Katharine Hepburn and pioneering musician Bjrk. Their lives also enable bigger stories to be told: the suffrage movement with Sophia Duleep Singh, the civil rights struggle and Audre Lorde, advances in science made by Rosalind Franklin, the push for artistic freedom in the work of Frida Kahlo and Louise Bourgeois, and the importance of equality in all sections of society advocated by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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This is not meant to be an exhaustive account of each life, space wouldn't allow for it even if that had been the desired aim. I see this as a nice book for young people who may need reminding, even at this date, that women have always been pioneers in every field. I also think this would make a nice overview even for those who are at least familiar with every name. Remembering important people from the past is a positive and we sometimes forget some of them.
I saw that someone had complained that the type was too small in the edition they had. I got a copy of the edition releasing in 2021 and the type issue, if there was one, seems to have been corrected. I would also like to comment on something else that was mentioned. There is no introduction that offers either a rationale for the book itself or selection criteria. That would, admittedly, have been a very nice addition. But this is not an academic book and I do think that simply knowing that these are "52 pioneers who changed the world" is sufficient for most people to have a good idea what is included. Would an explanation have been useful? Absolutely. Does the absence of it turn this into a 2-star book? I don't believe so unless one just likes to overly penalize for not doing as they wanted.
Reviewed from a copy made available by the publisher via NetGalley. (