The Strength and Bravery of Women with Cause

Rating: 4/5

Review: This was an interesting look at the women who have stood out the most in history. The infamous and those who have lead the way for human rights. There are some great tales in here, and some nitty gritty backgrounds on some pretty cool females.

Book Description: Barbara Holland's account of history's outstanding, and largely forgotten, females. The women revealed within these pages were driven by passion--for religion, humanity, adventure, politics, and knowledge--that couldn't be curtailed by convention. They were witty, defiant, and, more often than not, beautiful. Shamefully, most of us are unfamiliar with their accomplishments. Holland brings such faces as Joan of Arc, Daisy Bates, Stagecoach Mary, and Mary "Mother" Jones into the same light as Napoleon, Lawrence of Arabia, Billy the Kid, and Frederick Engels.