I found this book at a small town bookstore and absolutely love it. This book is filled with tons of information, facts, and pictures of American women who have made history. I could use this book to do a unit over american woman in a history class and, though it is a children's book, I think middle school students would like reading this too. ( )

I would recommend this book as an independent read for fourth and fifth graders. This is a great book for students to learn about various famous women in multiple fields and learn facts about each of them. I would use this book as a tool for students to decide which famous American Woman they want to do a research project on. The book gives a brief detailed over view of the accomplishments that students can read and decide if this is the person they wish to further research. I believe this would also be a great book for students to read on their own time because along with the creative text structure, the illustrations are beautiful and capture the readers attention. Along with using this book as a stepping stool for furthering a research project, I would have the students create their own alphabet book depicting the famous or personal women they believe are the most influential to them and write it in the styles they see in the book. ( )

This book can be used as an independent or partner read for older primary grades, third through fifth grade. These students are able to read this book. It is a hard book for a read aloud because it doesn't follow a traditional reading pattern. The book contains a lot of information that could be difficult during a read aloud. This book can be looked at again and again to gain more information about women in American history. This book gives students an introduction into the lives and impact of these women. This book can be used to teach compare and contrast to look at multiple women in american history to notice the similarities and differences. The book also has a compelling design and illustrations that help to convey the information and can be used to show the differences in the structure of books.

I imagined myself getting lost in this book as a young child, picturing my mother read to me in bed, listening as she would provide additional commentary on each page. The text itself is a bit skimpy when it comes to learning anything of real value about these women, but it is a good starting point for anyone who might be interested in learning more about American women who pioneered in different fields. Staged in alphabetical order, each letter represents largely a different theme or profession rather than focusing on one individual, with the exception of the titular figure. Colorful illustrations are fun and intricate, offering readers a variety of images to scan, reminiscent of Where's Waldo or hidden pictures. The design and layout of each page varies, featuring text that curves around the page, blips of captions, or sometimes just a collage of portraits. Some women of color are represented, but the illustrations disappointingly seem to have Anglicized or colloquially white-washed these women. Additionally, some of the women featured are perhaps slightly obscure, but this can be an opportunity to expand one's knowledge and understanding of women's history in the United States. For high school students studying women's rights, this book could serve to springboard research into a particular figure and could be used in the classroom for a quick reference of American women of worth; for younger readers, it might simply plant the proverbial seed of inspiration. ( )

This book appeared to have good intentions, but was overambitious. It's almost an illustrated bibliography for kids, or perhaps even more pointedly, an illustrated list of women to look up on Wikipedia. The selection of women is carefully curated to include women of various races, which is great, but gender and LGBT diversity seems pointedly shoved aside (though, to be fair, Susan B. Anthony made the cover). Also, it seemed the immigrant women highlighted were overall very white. Nonetheless, the book is a good jumping off point, and would be an asset to any classroom collection. As a graduate of a Seven Sisters school, I also appreciated the book's emphasis on the Seven Sisters, of which many students might otherwise be unaware. ( )