The additional information on each woman also offers vibrant images of their lives. Those women who are familiar visually are recognizable immediately. The number of portraits in the book is daunting in its scope. Even more impressive is the way that Kendall is frank about the shortcomings of many of the women, acknowledging openly their open racism or unwillingness to challenge the status quo for others besides themselves. They come from all over the world and represent many different countries, continents and races. Kendall works with intentionality to offer as diverse a cross-section of women as she can.
The supportive nature of those early societies is likely to surprise modern readers. It also helps that she includes history as far back as she does. Kendall’s writing could have simply become a lengthy list of women from history, but she weaves a deeper narrative throughout. There is also an exploration of civil rights as well as LGBTQ rights in the book that increases the representation of diverse experiences even farther. The book moves forward in time, taking female rulers and warriors from around the world. The book then shows how the rise of the patriarchy eclipsed early women’s rights and replaced it with much more like what we see still today. The book starts by looking deep into human history with the Assyrians, Mesopotamians, Eqyptians, Greeks and much more.
Take a trip back through women’s history to discover queens, warriors, suffragettes, and much more! This graphic novel is set in the future and has a computer instructor who takes a group of girls back in time to understand the basis of women’s rights around the world. Examining where we've been, where we are, and where we're going, Amazons, Abolitionists, and Activists is an indispensable resource for people of all genders interested in the fight for a more liberated future.Amazons, Abolitionists, and Activists: A Graphic HIstory of Women’s Fight for Their Rights by Mikki Kendall and A. In addition, this compelling book illuminates the stories of notable women throughout history-from queens and freedom fighters to warriors and spies-and the progressive movements led by women that have shaped history, including abolition, suffrage, labor, civil rights, LGBTQ liberation, reproductive rights, and more. Amazons, Abolitionists, and Activists is a fun and fascinating graphic novel-style primer that covers the key figures and events that have advanced women's rights from antiquity to the modern era. The ongoing struggle for women's rights has spanned human history, touched nearly every culture on Earth, and encompassed a wide range of issues, such as the right to vote, work, get an education, own property, exercise bodily autonomy, and beyond. A bold and gripping graphic history of the fight for women's rights
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