Heroic Women Your History Teachers Never Told You About: Volume I: Ancient Egypt through the Viking Age

by David Gray Rodgers

This volume tells of Hatshepsut , the woman god-king who ruled Egypt ; of Artemisia and her dog-fighter ships of the Mediterranean ; of Galla Placidia , the P.O.W. who first became a Barbarian Queen and then an Empress of Rome ; of Wu Zetian , a servant girl who re-imagined China ; of Aethelflaed , who helped turn a patchwork of warring tribes into the nation of England ; of Freydis , the Viking who explored America 482 years before Columbus; and many more .

All these stories are told in context so that they present not just what happened but also some of the reasons why. Heroic Women Your History Teachers Never Told You About helps bridge the gender gap in the world’s story and offers a broader view of the human experience. If you have never heard of these real people and true events – or if you just want to understand them better – this book is the perfect place to start.

Genres: Nonfiction, History

337 pages, Paperback

Published May 21, 2019

Reviews

[Trenchologist · Rating 3 out of 5]

3+

Reads like a survey rather than greatly in-depth biographies with some background history to contextualize each woman featured. Which works just fine, given this isn't purported as weighty bios and given lack of historical data on several.

Some of these women I was familiar with but others were new to me, and that's always a treat when digging into books making such claims as this. Glad to thumb through it and acquaint myself with all the interesting ladies featured. Felt well-researched and presented for what (I presume) is self-pub or very small indie press [it could use another sweep for niggling typos and homonyms but this is a nitpick on my part].

[Matt · Rating 4 out of 5]

A very interesting read and subject matter, but the author seems to lose track of their argument from time to time in favor of a more theatrical telling . That said, outside of a few minor grammar issues, it's an excellent book that grants insight on a subject often overlooked