1001 Things Everyone Should Know about Women's History

by Constance Jones

Where do you go to learn about Courtney Love, the Queen of Sheba, or Elizabeth Barrett Browning? How about "the Blond Bombshell," foot binding, or even "hotpants?" 1001 Things Everyone Should Know About Women's History is history at your fingertips--all told in concise and easily read entries accompanied by over 100 photos, cartoons, etchings, and paintings.

In clear and engaging prose, author Constance Jones gives readers a glimpse of the essential, exciting, and esoteric people, places, issues, and events that make up women's history. She covers the fundamentals, but also offers a healthy smattering of amusing, startling, and scandalous tidbits--the stuff that makes history so much fun. Where else can readers meet politicians, artists, athletes, physicians, teachers, soldiers, criminals, spiritual leaders, entertainers, poets, scientists, inventors, lovers, entrepreneurs, journalists, farmers, activists, and thrill-seekers of every stripe?

Sections 1) Politics and Government; 2) Arts and Entertainment; 3) Literature and Journalism; 4) Religion and Humanitarianism; 5) Science, Medicine, and Technology; 6) Education and Academia; 7) Business and the Workplace; 8) Sports and Adventure; 9) Daily Life; 10) Wild Women.

Genres: History, Womens Studies, Feminism, Gender Studies

304 pages, Hardcover

First published August 17, 1998

Reviews

[Shonica]

Only ok because there is one section that alludes to a completely false belief and doesn't correct the error, which annoys me a great deal.

[Nita]

This book took me a bit to get through, not because it was difficult to read, but there are inaccuracies in the book. It was informative, but the editor really should have fact checked better. The most glaring inaccuracy and (most hilarious) is regarding Navajo/Dine women only using sheep for the wool to spin and not slaughtering the animals for food. I about choked when I read that part. It makes it hard to take other information seriously about women's history in this book when you know parts are inaccurate. Either way, there was a lot I didn't know, but would need to double check down the line for verification. A decent book for getting started on knowing women's history.

[Zhelana]

This book has an interesting premise - that there are 1001 interesting tidbits of history that everyone should know. But at less than 1001 pages, each thing got like 1/4th or 1/5th of a page, and there wasn't enough time to get into anything to make it interesting. Nothing stood out and I certainly didn't learn anything I didn't already know. Things were too fast and too varied to make an impression.

[Elizabeth]

hardcover missing the dustjacket

[Carrie]

women's studies