Women: Around the World and Through the Ages

by Sabrina Mervin and Carol Prunhuber

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1561820164
• ISBN13: 9781561820160
• Release Date: January 1990
• Publisher: Atomium Books
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 2.78 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 10.1" x 10.1"

Customer Reviews

--Thought provoking--

WOMEN Around the World and Through the Ages is an intriguing look at the lives of over one hundred women. Many of the names we know from legends, and others are in our history books. There were quite a few of these women who I had never heard of before. The biographies in WOMEN are divided into the following nineteen categories. They are: The First Woman, The Myths of Creation, The Epic Heroines, The Founders, The Intercessors, The Sirens, The Royal Favorites, The Inspirations, The Devout, Femmes Fatales, The Outlaws, The Fighters, The Healers, The Writers, The Artists, The Stars, The Politically Powerful and The Seekers of Wisdom. I'm not particularly interested in the complete story of characters from myths, but just reading what they are known for was sufficient for me. Some of the Myths of Creations mentioned are: Hine-Nui-Te-Po of the Pacific Island Civilizations, Sedna of the Eskimo Civilizations and Amaterasu of the Japanese Civilization. I have to say that I preferred the following biographies: The Fighters such as Creek Mary and Helen Keller; The Healers like Florence Nightingale and Mother Teresa; The Writers, Mariana Alcoforado, The Bronte Sisters, Virginia Woolf, Karen Blixen and Agatha Christie; The Artists, Clara Schumann, Coco Chanel, and Georgia O'Keeffe; The Politically Powerful, Cleopatra, Theodora, Isabella the Catholic, Mary Stuart, Elizabeth I, Christina of Sweden, Catherine The Great, Queen Victoria, Tz'u-Hsi, Eva Peron and Margaret Thatcher; The Seekers of Wisdom include, Sister Juana Ines De La Cruz, Marie Curie, Hypatia of Egypt, and Rachel Carson. I think that this is a good reference book for a personal library and it would also make a good conversation piece as a coffee table book. I feel that it is an excellent and easy way to learn abut the lives of many famous women.

must have

this book belongs in any womans house, a beautiful collection of women through time, a bed time story for little girls that all mothers would be proud of. this book is a great jumping off point, you read a small bio of a great woman in history, and then go out and expand that knowledge base.