100 Women Who Made History: Remarkable Women Who Shaped Our World (DK 100 Things That Made History)

I bought this book for a current 6th grader who is an avid reader. I was amazed at stories of women I had never heard of particularly in history and from many different countries. It includes women right up to the current times. Information is short and presented in a very colorful and interesting way. I am sure this book will stimulate her interest in learning more about some of these amazing women that my grandniece and I never heard of before but who made a difference. I enjoyed learning about them and I know my grandniece will as well.

Loved the range of women written about! The format is like a news magazine with great non- fiction features. The text gives just enough information to make a reader want to learn more about each person. That can lead a student to search out longer biographies on favorites either in e- books or at the library.

Great book for any parent homeschooling, looking to do a different story each night before bedtime, or to read here and there. We love the illustrations and the flow of the book. Must get!

I wanted to give this book five stars, because it's pretty awesome! These women are unsung heroes for a reason - in a society that does not value women as highly as men, we just don't hear about them often. This book reaches from the classical times in history, like with Sappho, to modern day (and, important to some, non-Western), like Malala Yousafzai.That's what makes the next part so disappointing: a total white washing of LGBTQ+ women. The aforementioned Sappho is huge in the community, and wrote poetry about her love for women; the book goes out of its way to state an unfounded mythos around Phaon (a man supposedly blessed by Aphrodite with magic ointment) as historic fact. It explicitly paints her as writing about heterosexual love, which is so false I wonder what their motive behind writing it was.Next, Josephine Baker, a black bisexual woman who became a spy for the French during WW2. Her sexuality is only mentioned in regards to how appealing she is to men - gross, considering her relationships with Frida Kahlo, Ada Smith, and Clara Smith. Again the question is why they chose to not only omit the queer relationships, but to go out of their way to overplay the hetero ones. Liberal feminism? I don't know the authors well enough to say, only that these were my "red flags" so to speak.I still recommend this on a basic level for children in your life (and not just little girls/fem kids, but everyone - we all stand to gain by remembering awesome historical figures). I wouldn't rely too heavily on it for true history, at the very least in regards to the queer community. In a time of little representation, I guess I'll take what I get.

A fascinating book for young people and adults alike. Fills you in on many, many important women in history.

My 12 year old granddaughter really loved the book. She is a big RBG fan so I wasn't surprised.The book is very well illustrated. It covers a broad, diverse group of successful women.

Love this book! Got it for my 8 year old daughter and she loved it as well! Informative and with great visuals.

I really liked all the tidbits of information scattered throughout the book along with the biographies. The variety of role models is great. I looked at other books before making this choice for an 8 year old's virtual birthday party.

Fantastic encyclopedia for Primary kids. I bought the whole series. You can barely tell it's used. I'm glad with this purchase.

Libro molto utile per affrontare la biografia delle donne che hanno fatto la storia riassunta in unapagina!! Ricco di immagini che catturano l'attenzione. Moltobello!!

Very good read for kids

I really enjoyed this book and putting the faces of the famous women in history. It's a really nice read to get a brief bio on each woman and what she contributed to history. If you want to learn more about a woman once you know the small bio, you can always follow up on a full book bio after that, but I enjoyed the short version of each.

Love it! Brilliant present for young girls! And hey, older girls would love it too! It's fabulous!