Because there's always a need for 'bad girls" and always a reason to celebrate remarkable women. ( )

I really enjoyed the book. Each section is like a little taste test of important historical female figures. I learned a lot of things I didn't know about some women I did know about in addition to learning about women I didn't know about. I wish there had been a little more diversity, but I understand that it's difficult to cover important female figures from the entirety of history in a list of only 100 women. ( )

All in all, I am disappointed in this book. The 100 women presented were interesting, and with short vignettes about each, the book is a quick and accessible overview that points the way to learning more about any of them. What bothered me was that so many of the women portrayed were from Hollywood and the American music industry. While we had some scientists and activists, the book seemed to portray women as having major influence primarily in pop culture.

And what really bothered me were the illustrations! Everyone was nicely coifed with makeup and big, BIG eyelashes. Real women don't look like that! And if you are writing about women's contributions to history, you shouldn't make nearly all of them all look like the stereotype of beautiful. ( )

This is a good book as it includes short info on the women mentioned with some cute illustrations.

However, I feel like the info is kinda basic or in some cases inaccurate i.e in Cleopatra's case, her death is actually due to unknown causes. It also doesn't help that there's better books out there with better info.

But overall, I do appreciate the author's dedication to the project & to bring these women to light. ( )

Readable? Yes. Ground-breaking? No.

The title should really read something more like, Bad Girls Throughout History Mostly Since the 19th Century and Who Are Mostly White, and More Frequently American or Western European.

I liked the concept, but I found some of the information a little off. And as my alternate title suggests, this is by no means even close to a comprehensive or inclusive collective biography. About 80% of it covers the last 200-ish years.

And at first glance, Shen's artistic style is pleasing in that twee sort of way, but as the book progressed and I was seeing illustrations of women whose portraits I already knew, I found the style grating. Are we really helped by depicting strong women in a twee sort of way? Are women with harder brows, regular ol' eyelashes, or rounder faces more respectable if we lighten them up a bit?

I'm also reading this coming off the same weekend where I read [b:Rad Women Worldwide: Artists and Athletes, Pirates and Punks, and Other Revolutionaries Who Shaped History|28502749|Rad Women Worldwide Artists and Athletes, Pirates and Punks, and Other Revolutionaries Who Shaped History|Kate Schatz|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1460671020s/28502749.jpg|48656093], which I think does a better job at what this book aims to do. ( )