Latinitas
Celebrating 40 Big Dreamers
by Juliet Menéndez
Godwin Books (Henry Holt), 2021. 102 pages
Review written December 11, 2021, from a library book
I’m not a big fan of collective biographies. When there are page after page of short bios, the details start to run together. But this book is something special.
Latinitas has forty one-page biographies of Latinas who accomplished great things, with about half of each bio focusing on the subject’s childhood. There’s a folk-art style illustration of each subject as a girl, with a banner giving her name and what she’s known for. She’s holding things that symbolize her accomplishments.
Something I liked about this collection is that I hadn’t heard of a large proportion of these truly amazing woman. I am so glad their stories will become more well-known. They come from countries all over Latin America. The first woman featured, a military leader, was born in 1651 in Mexico, and the last one, an Olympic gymnast, was born in 2000 in the United States.
I hope many young Latinas find this book and are inspired!
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