Thank you so much to DK Children’s Books and Netgalley for the ebook to read and review.

No matter how many of these types of books I read about empowering women of history, I always meet new ones women that I’d never heard of and manage learn so many new things, including about ones that I actually thought I knew a fair amount about before reading.

I thoroughly enjoyed this book, the way it was laid out was so simple but incredibly effective, with big illustrations of each of the women, the writing done in topical sections about the women, the illustrations of something to do with each one, it was so incredibly well laid out and designed.

I loved meeting these women, it’s so eye opening seeing the things these women did in era’s that basically told women to shut up and sit down. None of these women did that and I’m all here for that. I loved gaining new facts about each of them and it was such a variety too, each having lived in a different country, era, way of ruling, and the ways in which they ruled was incredible to read about.

A perfect educational book for young readers, I absolutely recommend this book. You’ll learn literally so much and have a great time learning about them all, so many powerful independent and strong willed women who didn’t let anyone dictate what they did or didn’t do.

My daughter (12) and I really enjoyed reading this together. We own many ‘women that made history’ books but the beautiful illustrations, doodles and bold colour palettes helped make this one memorable. There were also many women’s stories that were new and exciting for us, we especially loved those of Pingyang and the Rani. My daughter has already added this to her wishlist and can’t wait to own a physical copy.

Thank you Netgalley for this ARC.