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This book is a great little book I listened to it on audio.
There are some ladies in this book I don't agree with but the others it was nice to learn a bit more about them.
Last book of the readathon. @Andrew65
#superseptember #lastbook #readingthelibrary #librarybook #audiobook #readathon

Catchup, I listened to this over an extended period and really enjoyed it. It‘s a very personal selection and was read by the author. If you like these sort of anthologies then you shall enjoy, but there isn‘t a lot of deep analysis although I did learn some new things.

Murray writes with enthusiasm and in an engaging way and makes no bones that this is a very personal selection and selection is necessarily exclusive. And yet so many of these names are so obvious and these brief biographies offer little that is new and there's a lack of analysis and emphasis on conjecture and second-hand sources that makes my inner historian wince

The hubs brought this back from the bookshop for me. 😍 Sounds intriguing and I totally love the cover.

This was such a pleasure to read!

A few women I knew about already, a few I‘d never heard of, all their stories were intricately and engagingly told.

Murray didn‘t try to present them all as angels either, some had controversial views but all made massive social, scientific, artistic advances despite the adversity and it‘s great that they‘re starting to get more recognition.

I couldn‘t put this one down!

Plenty stories in here that really pack a punch.

“As a result of insisting on women‘s rights, de Gouges was guillotined on a charge of treason.”

#internationalwomensday

I am really really enjoying reading this for #internationalwomensday

“I do not want them to have power over men... but over themselves... it is not empire, but equality and friendship which women want.”

This book is excitingly written, I can‘t put it down and I‘m loving learning about these women who helped shape history. 💪🏻

Starting this one for #internationalwomensday 💪🏻

It‘s #internationalwomensday - i‘m marking the occasion by donating to Plan UK to help girls worldwide gain the livelihoods they deserve 👉🏻 https://plan-uk.org/donate/girls-fund-nina ❤️ and of course, also a special thank you to all the fierce females in my life!

In acknowledgement of women who campaigned for the right to vote :)

Loved the fact that Jenni does this chronologically and it serves as a basic introduction to the women mentioned. I listened to it on Audible but it's definitely one I will purchase in the future for a physical copy. The only things I will say is that I had to skip one chapter (Margaret Thatcher) and a trigger warning in Fanny Burney's chapter (in comments as spoiler).

Overall, 5 ⭐ and a pick. @Tnovo

#currentreads #splashintosummerreads @Tiffy_Reads

#tbrreadathon #statistics @Bookishlychaot1c. Number of pages is slightly more than this number but I don't have a physical copy of the tagged book - it's my Audible book!

Covers a huge amount of ground in very little time, and makes for a good introduction to the history of women's rights in Britain.

I don't agree with all of her opinions or choices, but I'll definitely head out and learn more about the women she included, some of whom I'd never heard of; her views on some of the more well-known characters gave me pause for thought.

A solid 4 stars and a great jumping off point for other reads

I often find non-fiction tricky as my attention flits about and I lose interest. I loved this book and it held me right to the end. Murray justifies her choices and while I would have selected additional women, that's just me. I learned about women I'd never heard of so I feel enlightened and grateful for their endeavours. I look at my daughter and wonder who she will be. I feel better able to educate her about women who have come before her.

This is a very personal selection of 21 women who Jenni admires, or believes should be better/differently known, or have impacted on our lives in some way.

Fanny Burney is included not primarily as a novelist, but as a breast cancer survivor, who underwent a mastectomy in 1811 - before general anaesthetic was an option. She wrote to her sister a few months later describing the surgery. A truly shocking account. She lived another 30 years.

Next up on audio...

Enjoying this audio book today, written and read by Jenni Murray, whose voice I love thanks to BBC Radio 4's Woman's Hour. I'm ashamed how little I know about some of these women though😣

Christmas gifts galore!