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From Jezebel to Catherine the Great, from Cleopatra to Mae West, from Mata Hari to Bonnie Parker, strong women have been a problem for historians, storytellers, and readers. Strong females smack of the unfeminine. They have been called wicked, wanton, and willful. Sometimes that is a just designation, but just as often it is not. "Well-behaved women seldom make history," is the frequently quoted statement by historian and feminist Laurel Thatcher Ulrich. But what makes these misbehaving women "bad"? Are we idolizing the wicked or salvaging the strong?
In BAD GIRLS, readers meet twenty-six of history's most notorious women, each with a rotten reputation. But authors Jane Yolen and Heidi Stemple remind us that there are two sides to every story. Was Delilah a harlot or hero? Was Catherine the Great a great ruler, or just plain ruthless? At the end of each chapter, Yolen and Stemple appear as themselves in comic panels as they debate each girl's badness--Heidi as the prosecution, Jane for context.
This unique and sassy examination of famed, female historical figures will engage readers with its unusual presentation of the subject matter. Heidi and Jane's strong arguments for the innocence and guilt of each bad girl promotes the practice of critical thinking as well as the idea that history is subjective. Rebecca Guay's detailed illustrations provide a rich, stylized portrait of each woman, while the inclusion of comic panels will resonate with fans of graphic novels.
Like most collective biographies, this book does not delve too deeply into the subjects' lives, but it is a great introduction to history's famous bad girls. The writing is simple, almost at a middle grade level, but the subject matter is more young adult. I really enjoyed Guay's illustrations and the short comics at the ends of the chapters, although I wish there had been even more debate over the badness of the women featured. Still, the seed is planted, and hopefully this will inspire teens to draw their own conclusions about these famous females.
This was even cooler then I expected. There are tons of 2-5 page biographies on famous female villains, some of whom I had never heard of which was pretty exciting to me since I tend to read a lot of these bad girl type books. The biographies are quick, exciting and totally readable and between biographies there are comic strips of the two authors doing research, talking about their subjects and whether they were really villains or victims of circumstance. There are also gorgeous portraits of each of the ladies in question. At the end there is what I consider a fairly thorough bibliography of each woman listing at least 3 sources for each woman (yes wikipedia is included however we all know wikipedia can be a great starting point for research so deal with it.) ( )
This was even cooler then I expected. There are tons of 2-5 page biographies on famous female villains, some of whom I had never heard of which was pretty exciting to me since I tend to read a lot of these bad girl type books. The biographies are quick, exciting and totally readable and between biographies there are comic strips of the two authors doing research, talking about their subjects and whether they were really villains or victims of circumstance. There are also gorgeous portraits of each of the ladies in question. At the end there is what I consider a fairly thorough bibliography of each woman listing at least 3 sources for each woman (yes wikipedia is included however we all know wikipedia can be a great starting point for research so deal with it.) ( )
This was even cooler then I expected. There are tons of 2-5 page biographies on famous female villains, some of whom I had never heard of which was pretty exciting to me since I tend to read a lot of these bad girl type books. The biographies are quick, exciting and totally readable and between biographies there are comic strips of the two authors doing research, talking about their subjects and whether they were really villains or victims of circumstance. There are also gorgeous portraits of each of the ladies in question. At the end there is what I consider a fairly thorough bibliography of each woman listing at least 3 sources for each woman (yes wikipedia is included however we all know wikipedia can be a great starting point for research so deal with it.) ( )
Biography & Autobiography.
Juvenile Nonfiction.
Law.
Reference.
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From Jezebel to Catherine the Great, from Cleopatra to Mae West, from Mata Hari to Bonnie Parker, strong women have been a problem for historians, storytellers, and readers. Strong females smack of the unfeminine. They have been called wicked, wanton, and willful. Sometimes that is a just designation, but just as often it is not. "Well-behaved women seldom make history," is the frequently quoted statement by historian and feminist Laurel Thatcher Ulrich. But what makes these misbehaving women "bad"? Are we idolizing the wicked or salvaging the strong?
In BAD GIRLS, readers meet twenty-six of history's most notorious women, each with a rotten reputation. But authors Jane Yolen and Heidi Stemple remind us that there are two sides to every story. Was Delilah a harlot or hero? Was Catherine the Great a great ruler, or just plain ruthless? At the end of each chapter, Yolen and Stemple appear as themselves in comic panels as they debate each girl's badness--Heidi as the prosecution, Jane for context.
This unique and sassy examination of famed, female historical figures will engage readers with its unusual presentation of the subject matter. Heidi and Jane's strong arguments for the innocence and guilt of each bad girl promotes the practice of critical thinking as well as the idea that history is subjective. Rebecca Guay's detailed illustrations provide a rich, stylized portrait of each woman, while the inclusion of comic panels will resonate with fans of graphic novels.
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