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wanderonwards's review against another edition
emotional
informative
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
4.0
This was really well done, but not perfect. I read about so many women I want to learn more about (though not all were great people, the authors' explanations for including them was done well) and the social insight and commentary was spot on. More than 80 countries are represented with women of all races, ages, and eras (predictably, US/UK are heavily featured). However, I think each entry could have been a bit more in-depth and I would have loved to see more photos of the women or their work. I was also surprised to see that some entries for present-day women weren't updated to include major media events (for instance, J.K. Rowling's active transphobia is well documented, including several instances years prior to when this book was published).
creativelifeofliz's review against another edition
4.0
A fascinating history of the many women overlooked by history.
On This Day She is a curated collection of tweets sharing profiles of women for each day of the year. These women cover the full spectrum of humanity (both in terms of fields and in terms of "goodness"), showing that history is skewed to disproportionately focus on men. Stories are shared about women explicitly overlooked/ignored because of their sex (and possibly other intersectional reasons) as well as women more "casually" ignored.
Overall, this book was a great snapshot of many different women from many different time periods in history. I really enjoyed seeing some women that I knew a bit about (Rosalind Franklin, Marie Curie, ...) and women that I didn't really know much about (Johanna Westerdijk would have been an amazing PhD advisor). I think my biggest gripe with this book is that the tweets for each entry are added as they were published originally without edits made for changes since that time.
I definitely think this is a really good book to read! I would love to read it again in the page-a-day format and really get a chance to think about each women and that part of history in more depth.
Thank you to NetGalley and Rowman & Littlefield Publishers for providing an advanced copy of this book for review. All opinions are my own.
On This Day She is a curated collection of tweets sharing profiles of women for each day of the year. These women cover the full spectrum of humanity (both in terms of fields and in terms of "goodness"), showing that history is skewed to disproportionately focus on men. Stories are shared about women explicitly overlooked/ignored because of their sex (and possibly other intersectional reasons) as well as women more "casually" ignored.
Overall, this book was a great snapshot of many different women from many different time periods in history. I really enjoyed seeing some women that I knew a bit about (Rosalind Franklin, Marie Curie, ...) and women that I didn't really know much about (Johanna Westerdijk would have been an amazing PhD advisor). I think my biggest gripe with this book is that the tweets for each entry are added as they were published originally without edits made for changes since that time.
I definitely think this is a really good book to read! I would love to read it again in the page-a-day format and really get a chance to think about each women and that part of history in more depth.
Thank you to NetGalley and Rowman & Littlefield Publishers for providing an advanced copy of this book for review. All opinions are my own.
bookishlysophie's review
emotional
informative
inspiring
slow-paced
5.0
This is a fantastic rewriting of history. It includes the stories of so many women who have been erased from the past, forgotten or not credited for their efforts previously. I think this is the kind of book that is fun to dip into rather than reread. I’d highly recommend.