Rad Women Worldwide: Artists and Athletes, Pirates and Punks, and Other Revolutionaries Who Shaped History (RAD Women)

by Kate Schatz

Miriam Klein Stahl (Illustrator)

Educational and inspirational, this gift-worthy New York Times bestseller from the authors of Rad American Women A-Z, is a bold, illustrated collection of 40 biographical profiles showcasing extraordinary women from across the globe.
 
Rad Women Worldwide tells fresh, engaging, and amazing tales of perseverance and radical success by pairing well-researched and riveting biographies with powerful and expressive cut-paper portraits. The book features an array of diverse figures from 430 BCE to 2016, spanning 31 countries around the world, from Hatshepsut (the great female king who ruled Egypt peacefully for two decades) and Malala Yousafzi (the youngest person to win the Nobel Peace Prize) to Poly Styrene (legendary teenage punk and lead singer of X-Ray Spex) and Liv Arnesen and Ann Bancroft (polar explorers and the first women to cross Antarctica).  An additional 250 names of international rad women are also included as a reference for readers to continue their own research.

This progressive and visually arresting book is a compelling addition to women's history and belongs on the shelf of every school, library, and home. Together, these stories show the immense range of what women have done and can do. May we all have the courage to be rad!

For teachers, this book is appropriate for grades 6-8 and could be used in either Social Studies or English classes, or as part of a text for a multidisciplinary unit. It can also be used as a Common Core text for grades 6-8 Social Studies/History - CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RH.6-8.1-10.

• ISBN10: 0399578862
• ISBN13: 9780399578861
• Publish Date: 27 September 2016
• Publish Status: Active
• Publish Country: US
• Publisher: Random House USA Inc
• Imprint: Ten Speed Press
• Format: Hardcover
• Pages: 112
• Language: English
• URL: https://penguinrandomhouse.com/books/isbn/9780399578861

Reviews

[inlibrisveritas]

Rad Women Worldwide is a beautifully illustrated hardbound book that focuses on 40 different women from 30 different countries.

Reading Rad Women Worldwide was sort of a breath of fresh air in the middle of an emotional sandstorm. I’ve had a ton going on in my own life (closing my bookstore, car issues, etc.) and I’ve need a read that would make me feel something other than entertainment, I needed something inspiring to get my mood up and ready to go. Rad Women Worldwide is that book.

Inside we have 40 entries on very influential women from all over the world, and all of the entries made me want to know more about them. So much so that I’ve started a personal challenge to read books about or by each woman (info here). There is a rather large mix of women here ranging from those who trail-blaze in sorts to women who have gave their lives to change their countries, and all of them are equally inspiring. Seriously I can’t stress enough at how absolutely empowering this book is. I actually think this would be an excellent book for kids and teens as well. Each story is rather short, no more than two pages of text, so you get an over view of their accomplishments and their fights but it also gives you a desire to go out and seek more info.

The illustrations are in a papercut style on top of very bright paper, and it really stands out and gives the book a really fresh look. I love the boldness of the images and it really makes for a gorgeous copy on my shelve.

Overall, i’m in love with this book. It’s short and sweet, and completely gorgeous. I can’t wait to find even more info on the women in this one (I’ve already read a few!) and I’m really excited to use it as a starting point to reading more women focused non-fiction.