*****= An all-time favorite
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= Outstanding
***
= Above average
**
= Enjoyable
*
= Good, with
reservations
***33 Things Every Girl Should Know About Women’s History
From Suffragettes to Skirt Lengths to the E. R. A.
edited by Tonya Bolden
Reviewed May 25, 2002.
Crown Publishers, 2002. 240 pages.
Judging by the title, I expected this book to include a boring list
of facts. I was delightfully surprised. The book is presented
with enchanting variety, including facts, but also poetry and even an
eerie short story.
Now, I may not find the right to have an abortion to be an unmixed
blessing. However, I do strongly believe that I should be allowed
to vote, to go to college, to own property, and to get paid as well as
men who do the same work. It’s rather amazing what a short while
ago it was that women were not allowed to do any of those things.
It’s easy for those of us born into a more enlightened age to take such
freedoms for granted. This book taught me much about women’s history
that I didn’t know before.
Let’s face it. The history we were taught in school was written
by men. They have understandably different interests than women.
This book presents another side of the story, and does so in an interesting
and enjoyable way.
Book Reviews by Sondra Eklund