100 Women Who Shaped World History: A Biography Book for Kids and Teens
By Gail Meyer Rolka and Sarah Gancho
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About this ebook
Learn all about the fascinating lives and tremendous impact of 100 extraordinary women around the world with this fact-filled biography collection for kids—perfect for celebrating Women's History Month!
Educational and engaging, 100 Women Who Shaped World History features:
- Simple, easy-to-read text that has been freshly updated
- Illustrated portraits of each figure
- Fascinating facts about famous and lesser-known female figures from history
- A timeline, trivia questions, project ideas and more!
From Cleopatra to Joan of Arc, Ada Lovelace to Harriet Tubman, Amelia Earhart to Rosa Parks and many more, readers will dive into the lives of 100 female artists, activists, scientists, and icons who left their mark on history. Organized chronologically, this thoroughly researched biography collection offers a look at the contributions these women made and how their talents, discoveries, and ideas have helped guide humanity for thousands of years.
Gail Meyer Rolka
Gail Meyer Rolka has a masters degree in Social Work and worked for fifteen years in the field of Child Welfare. She lives in Novato, California.
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Reviews for 100 Women Who Shaped World History
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- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Ack! It's not a 'trivia' quiz! How ridiculous to develop a book of influential people, and then belittle the readers' attempt to learn about them by dismissing it as 'trivia!' Still, it's a good quiz and will surely help some of what I learned stick in my mind.
If I were a teacher of 9-12 year-old children who were learning to write reports, I'd use this as a resource - each child picks one woman to do more research on. If they can't find more info. on her, at least they can find out more about the time she lived in... and the fact that info. on her is scarce is a good lesson right there.
How marginalized are women? Well, the earliest photographic representation is of Mary McLeod Bethune. For Gertrude Bell, born 1868, there is not even a likeness - a drawing of Oxford Univ. illustrates her page. Eli Whitney could not have 'invented' the cotton gin without significant help from Catherine Littlefield Greene.
The book isn't amazing. It's clumsily written (though the birth & death dates are given, the articles usually waste space giving age at death). It's visually plain and unappealing (black and white drawings) The maps are small and irrelevant (Explorers are located at their birthplace, not their focus of travel.)
But the women's lives and accomplishments make up for the faults of the book. What inspirational people - role models and heroes for both boys and girls.
Definitely recommended for educators, parents, and people who are struggling with the idea that women can be strong, smart, and brave.
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