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I learned about this book during a special Stuff You Missed In History podcast episode featuring the author. I forgot about it until I spotted it on a library display recently. It's a pretty fun book and taught me about many historic and mythic women I'd never heard of. The author's humor is throughout each description and he's kind of an adorable dork. I loved the illustrations and wish every image had art notes. #WomensHistory #History

A super fun read about the most badass women in human history. Definitely not kid friendly

This book is on sale today for $1.99 ebook:)

I was super excited to notice that this book is on a steep sale today! Very excited because I heard about it when the author came on to the #podcast Stuff You Missed in History Class and it sounds like a great book! #history #booksale #feminism #womenofhistory #disneyprincess

I finally finished this after over a month. Don't get me wrong, it's an entertaining and informative book, definitely a pick, just kind of long (615 pgs). The author has a wonderfully snarky sense of humor, discussing women, not all princesses, that you've probably never seen in any history book. Amazing, strong, sometimes ruthless, women who didn't take $#!+ from people, especially the men in their lives. 4 💥💥💥💥 1/2

1. Rejected Princesses, American Moonshot, Star Wars: Alphabet Squadron

2. Maple

3. "To dream of the stern face of the Galactic Emperor, his pale hands on her shoulders."

#weekendreads @rachelsbrittain

Grabbed this from my library‘s Women‘s history display and am loving it. Short histories of badass women from all over the world that are told without flinching from details, but keeping a sense of humor.

I have a weakness for underrated women in history so this was a great pick. A multitude of women are covered, many of which I will probably continue to research on my own. Each section opens with a maturity rating (which is great seeing as the author doesn‘t want to shy away from the darker realities even if kids may read) and a representative illustration true to an animator! It‘s a great start if looking to learn about many broadly!

Taking some time out of the mad Christmas panic to read about some kick ass women throughout history. The illustrations in this book are so beautiful.

@Daisey Thank you! I have a kindle fire so illustrations should be okay also I‘m really excited to read this! 😊#kindlitsy is a great way to share! Thank you so much!

Marie Marvingt was an early French aviation pioneer, all-around athlete, and spokeswoman for flying ambulances. She refused to marry and called herself The Fiancée of Danger instead.

Chiyome Mochizuki, who started an all-women‘s ninja spy academy in 16th century Japan. There are eight ninjas in this picture. 😉

The local high school is having a #readathon all day, with community members, teachers, and students reading aloud from books they like. I‘m bringing excerpts of this one about forgotten or neglected women from history and myth. Each person gets a couple of pages of snarky bio, plus an adorable Disney Princess-style portrait. I‘ll add a couple of pages of the pictures since they‘re the best part!

👑👑👑👑👑 I've been following this guy's blog for a few years now so it was nice to read this in book format. I was also able to see ones that I missed on his blog. This book is so inspiring as sometimes it feels like men are the only ones who make history. There were so many of these ladies that I had never heard of. I highly recommend this to everyone!

This book has dozens of short bios about a huge variety of women, and they are all well worth the read. It took me awhile to get through since all entries stand alone and I read most of it between books, but I had a lot of fun. Tons of new info, definitely want to read more about many of the women included. Also looking forward to the sequel book Tough Mothers.

Both of my dogs enjoyed being read some of the stories. #dogsoflitsy

Sorry I haven‘t been around much lately, y‘all. I‘ve still been lurking, but life got crazy and I haven‘t had the energy to even attempt taking any pretty pics. I wanted to share this book, though. I‘ve been absolutely loving it. It‘s super educational, but also really fun to read. And the illustrations are adorable!

One of the books I got for Christmas from my husband. It is so, so good. If you‘re interested in learning about powerful, rule breaking women throughout history (and love great accompanying art), you must read!

I took my good, sweet time enjoying this book. I didn't want to "binge" these stories, but have time to process each one after reading them. The introduction alone made me want to cry from joy that these stories are being told (exerpt pictured above).

Full review on Goodreads.

Just picked this up at the library! I'm one chapter in and so far it's living up to the hype (I recommend checking out other Litsian reviews). The author is seems humble and transparent about his background and reasons for writing this book. His writing style is cheeky and informative. Looking forward to reading the rest.

Not only is this book AMAZING, the author is too!!!!

#currentlyreading

Last post for today. 😊

Each princess gets a two or three page bio, making these perfect #shortontimeshortstories. #backtoreading

New #bookreview at www.theirregularreaderblog.wordpress.com! Rejected Princesses by Jason Porath is a treasure trove of badass women!

One of my favorite all time #badgirls legends is Elizabeth Bathory, a 16th century aristocrat who supposedly decided young female's blood was the perfect youthful elixir. She murdered so, so many young women and bathed in their blood. Or did she? This is one book that tells her story, along with other princesses that have a shady past. #augustgrrrl

This came in the post today!!! I'm at home sick so this is the perfect pick me up.

From the introduction. 😍😍😍
#24in48 #readathon

This is going to be my bedtime reading book. I am so looking forward to this! From the inside blurb.

EVERYONE needs to read this book!

I'm walking out the door for a weekend trip to Colorado and found this on my doorstep. I had forgotten I ordered it!

I GET TO MEET SO MANY OF MY HEROS

Well, I have some exciting news!!! I went to a con on Friday and met Jason Porath and not only obtained a copy of this book, but he also signed it!!! This is my first signed copy of a book and I'm so happy ☺️😆

Day 4 of #RiotGrams: notebooks/journals! "Today's #riotgrams is a picture of my journal page for bedtime stories my partner reads to me. We have gotten through those which have been colored in." - Rioter @theinfophile

Today's #riotgrams is a picture of my journal page for bedtime stories my partner reads to me. We have gotten through those which have been colored in.

Oh no! There's another photo challenge! At least I can combine two in this one post and make it my last challenge post for the day. 😉 This is my nonfiction #shelfie complete with my new all-female #shortstorycollection. Even though it's written by a man, the stories are all about kick-ass women, and the illustrations are gorgeous! #riotgrams #readingwomenmonth

Wow. WOW. Borrow it, get it from the library, buy it, whatever--we can all benefit from this book and reading about the 100+ women from forgotten history. It's all-age inclusive, with mild entries up to mature audiences only entries. It features women from all continents, races, time periods, and backgrounds. It gives the opportunity for the reader to research further (and has a killer bibliography). BUY THIS FOR YOUR MOMS & DAUGHTERS & YOU.

Been reading about badass babes all afternoon. This book is a blessing 💖 (let's all thank the women in the author's life for making him so woke to intersectional feminism, because I am shocked that this was done by a white guy. He must be surrounded by some powerful women.)

#bookmail #blameitonlitsy

These are all the fault of various Littens. @lemonlime799 shared so many gorgeous pages from the tagged book I HAD to have it. I've seen compelling reviews for Body, and thanks to @CrowCAH and her #pirateslife photo challenge, I discovered this must-have history. I love you all. My bank account hates you, but I love you. 😂

Artemisia Gentileschi (1593-1653, Italy) "The Queen of Baroque Painters". Artemisia was a master painter, one of the best of the Baroque period. This guy who worked for her father raped her, she brought him to court over it. She went through hell and back but he got a slap on the wrist. (seems like the justice system hasn't changed much) So she painted the biblical story Judith & Holofernes with their likeness--her cutting off his head. Revenge.

Mary Lacy (1740-1801, England) "The Runaway Who Built Ships". Mary ran away 19, became William Chandler, and started working on ships in the navy. She had a tough time being the smallest sailor, but was able to conceal her gender fairly easily. SHE WAS PROBABLY GAY. She was a ladies man, got with tons of women, and was a super sailor. The illustration shows women waving her off, and her being super gay ??

Agnodice (4thC BCE, Greece) "The Secret Physician of Athens". Women couldn't be doctors in Athens then, and men had inaccurate ideas of female anatomy. So fed up with women's lives being risked by men, Agnodice disguised herself as a man and studied medicine in Alexandria. When she came back, she became a hugely popular GYN; other doctors pissy about this guy stealing business put her on trial, she revealed herself, and was saved by her patients?

Amba/Sikhandi (Indian myth) "Gender-Swapping Princess Out for Revenge". This is a WILD one, and too much to fit into 451 characters. The best way to explain what her deal is is with the last sentence in her entry: "...Sikhandi, also known as Amba: the world's best transgender reincarnating suicial revenge-seeking Princess." She is hardcore as FUCK.

Wu Zetian (624-705, China) "China's Only Female Emperor". She became emperor Gaozong's head consort and shared power equally with him; when he died, she assumed full charge and rooted out all of her enemies and those who refused to answer to a woman. She completely rearranged dynastic succession, wiped out all claimants to the throne, and purged the nobility of institutional corruption. She created her own dynasty & the people liked her a lot!

The Night Witches (c. 1940, Russia) "The Civilian Pilots Who Became the Nazi's Worst Nightmare". The Soviet 588th Night Bomber Aviation Regiment was one of three all-female divisions "started by flying ace Marina Raskova", comprised of volunteer civilians who were trained in subpar conditions and used old equipment to fly over nazi camps at night, turn off their engines to be silent, and bomb tf out of nazis night. After. Night. For years. ??

Hatshepsut (1508-1458 BCE, Egypt), "The Unforgettable Pharaoh". Hatshepsut ascended the throne unexpectedly when her father and brothers all died; during her reign there was "an incredible proliferation of architecture, statues, and art", and so many artifacts from the period of her reign existed that a massive effort by the next (male, ofc) king to completely erase her rule from history failed. ?

Nanny of the Maroons (~1680-1750, Jamaica), "The Mother of Us All". Maroons were slaves brought to Jamaica by UK who ran away to other parts of the island. Nanny led the east-side Maroons, and they whooped British ass for years. Brits would try to attack, Maroons would destroy them. Several stories of how she defeated the Brits exist; however, many are steeped in fiction created by racist colonialists (like catching bullets with her butt) ?

"Stagecoach" Mary Fields (1832-1914, United States), "The Baddest Postal Worker in the Wild West". A former slave living in Montana, Mary was famous for smoking, fighting, & packing guns underskirt. She worked for the local mission for ten years (& got fired for punching men who refused to work for a woman), then tried several other jobs until she became one of the first women in the nation to be a (badass, wolf-fighting) postal worker ?

Nzinga Mbande (1583-1663, Angola [Ndongo]), "Mother of Angola". Much of her life is unsubstantiated rumors, but the key facts are that she was alive during the Portuguese invasion of Ndongo (modern-day Angola). After rescuing her brother from the Portuguese, she went to found a new nation and for decades was a pain in the ass to the invaders (primarily by cutting off trade routes), eventually causing them to give up and forge a peace treaty ☮

Pope Joan (9th C, Vatican City), "The Pope Who Gave Birth". The legend of Pope Joan is that she secretly entered the church to be with her lover & following the death of Leo IV in 854 CE, was elected Pope John VIII. In 856 during a procession, she gave birth in the middle of the street, was outed, and died by an angry mob. ☠ (HOWEVER, this story was fabricated by Protestants bcz they hated Catholics & wanted to diminish the power of the church!)