by Laura | Nov 15, 2024
Review by Nicole Louie A History of Women in 100 Objects starts with a disclaimer: “Women’s history is multifarious, women’s experiences infinitely varied, too wide-ranging to be summarized by 100 objects. The objects we have included provide a starting point for...
by Laura | May 9, 2024
Review by Nicole Louie When I started reading Arrangements in Blue, I couldn’t name a single Joni Mitchell song. By the time I finished, I had become quite familiar with her work, and “River” was one of my new favorite songs. In her first nonfiction work, poet Amy Key...
by Laura | Mar 22, 2024
Review by Jill Kaufman Lisa Jansen’s memoir, Life Done Differently: One Woman’s Journey on the Road Less Travelled, is a telling of her personal conversion from a safe, secure job and life that was successful but unfulfilling, to an unconventional lifestyle,...
by Laura | Feb 29, 2024
Review by Nicole Louie In Women in White Coats: How the First Women Doctors Changed the World of Medicine, Olivia Campbell tells the story of three courageous women who fought for their medical education and degrees in the mid-1800s. They are Elizabeth Blackwell,...
by Laura | Jan 30, 2024
Review by Nicole Louie Thirsty for knowledge about women in history, I was drawn to Janice Kaplan’s The Genius of Women. Kaplan’s extensive pursuit to pay tribute to overlooked women spans 352 pages. She starts the book by narrating interviews with academics in...
