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Bohannon, Lisa Frederiksen
4 Reviews
(4)
YA
Feminist Voices series.
This biography of the author of The Feminine Mystique begins with Friedan's unhappy childhood and follows her increasing radicalization through college and adulthood. Readers will need a good amount of background to understand the brief descriptions of communism, socialism, and feminism. Bohannon sometimes overgeneralizes as she covers so much history in relatively few pages. Timeline, websites. Bib., ind.
Reviewer: Maeve Visser Knoth
(3)
4-6
Chronicle of America's Wars series.
This book does an adequate job of detailing the activities that led to the Revolutionary War as well as the war itself. Nicely designed pages full of quotes, reproduced art, and maps help to break up the sometimes dense text. Occasional double-page spreads focus on such topics as weapons used and uniforms worn by the Continentals and the British. Reading list, timeline, websites. Bib., glos., ind.
Reviewer: Jeannine M. Chapman
(4)
YA
This biography of the premier crusader for women's rights covers Anthony's childhood and upbringing, her friendship with Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and her tireless work for suffrage. The text focuses on anecdotes and doesn't really convey a sense of the women's rights movement as a whole. Black-and-white photos and archival reproductions illustrate the book. Bib., ind.
Reviewer: Anita L. Burkam
(3)
YA
Along with the right to vote, Elizabeth Cady Stanton advocated unpopular reforms such as liberalized divorce laws and a re-examination of patriarchal religion. This well-written, detailed biography depicts Stanton's life and portrays the unfair restrictions placed on women at that time. The book is illustrated with archival black-and-white photos of Stanton and other reformers. Bib., ind.
Reviewer: Anita L. Burkam
4 reviews
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