Monday, March 20, 2023

Random Things Tours: Forgotten Women by Zing Tsjeng


In the last years, more and more books, articles and movies do aim to reveal stories about women whose contribution to science, arts and politics was previously either neglected or obstructed from being made public. It started with the ´Radium Girls´, working class women who died from radiation poisoning and continued with women pilots and spies during WWII, or involved in the American projects of building up the atomic capabilities during Cold War. Practically, we need more and more examples to convince everyone that women can do everything and they always used to. Except that very often their achievements were hidden from the public eye, for all the wrong reasons.

Journalist and author Zing Tsjeng collected a tremendous amount of examples across centuries, of women stories. Forgotten women stories, to be more specific. Her book, Forgotten Women. The Leaders collected an impressive collection of examples, organised in some important chapters: Campaigners, Mavericks, Revolutionaries, Trailblazers, World changers, Truth tellers, Visionaries

Well-researched and written in a simple yet impactful journalistic style, the book offers enough stories that can be used in classrooms, for educating both girls and boys, but also for journalists and writers, that could use the material in order to continue featuring women stories. The more the better. 

The book is so dense that even someone who may consider her or himself knowledgeable in the field would find enough unknown profiles of famous women who lead the world to a better place, either in the arts, politics or education field, to mention only few areas covered.

Forgotten Women is a book that will bring us more knowledge and understanding about women leaders and histories. A recommended read to anyone curious about a more complex and comprehensive way to read history.

Rating: 5 stars

Disclaimer: Book offered as part of the book tour but the opinions are, as usual, my own

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