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A review by liil
Rebel Voices : The Rise of Votes for Women by Louise K. Stewart
4.0
Beautiful, illustrated non-fiction book of how women got the right to vote in different countries. The illustrations are gorgeous and set the mood of the nation and the topic while being simple. The tales of the women who risked their lives to enrich others courageous and inspiring. It provides hope that children's books can tell of real occurrences without being too gloomy or harsh, but rather hopeful.
There was a lot left unsaid. Northern countries left two unexplained, as though those countries don't exist when one of them was one of the first ones to provide voting rights to women. The stories might not be quite so courageous, but leaving them out assumes that everybody is aware of what constitutes as Northern countries. It rather discussed single women who did the initiative or sparked the movement, instead of discussing how women and men came together to make the change.
It was still inspiring and hopeful, showing that change can be made. I mostly was intrigued by how so many of the changes were made right after the war.
There was a lot left unsaid. Northern countries left two unexplained, as though those countries don't exist when one of them was one of the first ones to provide voting rights to women. The stories might not be quite so courageous, but leaving them out assumes that everybody is aware of what constitutes as Northern countries. It rather discussed single women who did the initiative or sparked the movement, instead of discussing how women and men came together to make the change.
It was still inspiring and hopeful, showing that change can be made. I mostly was intrigued by how so many of the changes were made right after the war.