Bridget O. (sixteendays) - reviewed on 1/15/2015 + 130 more book reviews

I found the framing of this book very interesting. Ulrich chose three different women through history - Christine de Pizan, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and Virginia Woolf - and structured the flow of the book off of not only their own stories, but the status of women during their time and how women of their time affected history. The last chapter also deals very much with second-wave feminism and goes quite a bit beyond Woolf's time.

I enjoyed this book. I loved reading about women that history - and time - have overlooked. I liked reacquainting myself with the stories of women I had previously learned about (Pizan is one of my favorite historical women). Some women's stories were shocking, some made you cheer, and some hit very close to home.

This is a great place to start for anyone interested in women's studies, history in general, or women's history in particular. It's a great primer for all three fields and I could see it having a strong affect on someone in high school or freshman year of university.

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