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explodinghead's review
3.0
Great little history book for the uninitiated. Doesn't get bogged down in details, flows wells, and by sticking to its cast of characters, it almost feels like a novel at times. But... by sticking so closely with the characters, it is a little more difficult to see the true shape/trajectory of certain ideas. Biggest gripe with this book is that it is pretty old, and mostly ends with the early 1970s. (A lot has happened in those intervening 50 years).
tailsmalone's review
challenging
informative
4.5
Book #28 of the year: “A History of Women in America” by Carol Hymowitz and Michaele Weissman
This is an older one, published in 1977, so it’s missing a few decades. Having been published in the 70s, by Jewish women, about women, it’s fantastically researched and studded with primary sources. There are undoubtedly more updated versions but the topic is one worth reading more about.
This is an older one, published in 1977, so it’s missing a few decades. Having been published in the 70s, by Jewish women, about women, it’s fantastically researched and studded with primary sources. There are undoubtedly more updated versions but the topic is one worth reading more about.
orangesloth1's review
3.0
3.5.
I liked the history but I really want to read a nonfiction empty of opinion and bias whether or not I agree with them. To make an opinion on a subject without opinion in the words, at this point is a luxury.
I liked the history but I really want to read a nonfiction empty of opinion and bias whether or not I agree with them. To make an opinion on a subject without opinion in the words, at this point is a luxury.