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A beautifully written book with the most extraordinary remastered photographs, showcasing some of recent history's leading ladies.
A Woman's World is a stunning book. The photographs remastered in colour of some of the leading females from recent history are extraordinarily beautiful. The accompanying text is delightfully written and thought provoking. All walks of life are represented, with some well-known faces and some women I've never heard of but have nonetheless influenced history. The book contains some fantastic achievements from some amazing women. It's a very easy book to pick up and get lost in the pages, looking at the fantastic photographs and the accompanying stories. This a book to treasure and share.
Colourful, interesting, informative and easy to read, this wonderful collection of impressive lives lived would adorn any coffee table or reference section in educational institutions and is a must for all school libraries!
“A Woman’s World, 1850-1960” is the third volume in the bestselling ‘The Colour of Time’ series. Written by historian and broadcaster Dan Jones and features Marina Amaral's beautiful, colourized photographic images.
This huge and informative compilation of women, focuses on eleven areas of the roles they have played in history -
Women at Play
Women in School
Women at the Wheel
Women at War
Women in Charge
Women in the Arts
Women in the Streets
Women on Stage
Women in the Wild
Women on the Shop Floor
Women in White Coats
This is quite a book to behold. Perfect for dipping into when you take a fancy and you certainly learn some very interesting facts about women who played an important part in history. Whether celebrated or not, these women across a varied selection of roles are all worthy of their mention. Told through women’s pictures, lives and experiences, they serve as a tribute/tableau of admirable and brilliant females, all unique and remarkable.
I was particularly interested in ‘Women at War’, roles mostly familiar as being filled by men. But without the aid of women, the wars would not have been won by either side and the bravery and dedication shown, deserves high praise. The photograph of the ‘munitions factory’ was amazing and quite took my breath away.
Colourful, interesting, informative and easy to read, this wonderful collection of impressive lives lived would adorn any coffee table or reference section in educational institutions and is a must for all school libraries!
#AWomansWorld - 5 stars
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This is an absolutely essential and necessary book that should be on everybody’s reading list and in every school and library.
To be able to read and review this book has been an absolute pleasure- because it is the book I have wanted to exist for as long as I can remember.
A Woman’s World finally gives a voice in one volume to all the women between 1850 and 1960 whose place in history has either been passingly acknowledged - or more likely never acknowledged.
However, this book which features the incredible colourised photography by Marina Amaral, and the brilliant accompanying narrative by Dan Jones elevates our consciousness of women’s history to another level. Every narrative is incisive and educational as we learn about these women who did so much in a world where their voices and achievements were often sidelined.
Marina’s perfect colourisation of the photographs somehow makes the women seem more real, instead of simply reading the accompanying text, each of these women becomes more relatable, you get a sense of who they are and I felt you could create a real sense of who they were from these pictures.
There are women you will heard of such as Frida Kahlo and Rosa Parks, but there are so many others like Chien-Shiung Wu and A’Leila Walker who you may not have been aware of, which is why this incredible and necessary book should absolutely be on your bookshelf, and on everyone’s reading list.
This isn’t just a fancy coffee table book, to be looked at from a distance or to be part of the décor. It is one to enjoy, one that you can be open on any random page and still be guaranteed a fascinating snippet. A fascinating, beautiful look into the past. Highly recommended.
There is something infinitely fascinating about old photographs. It’s not just that they are a snapshot in time, a way to travel back to the past. It’s because they depict real people, doing things that we perhaps take for granted but were innovative or dangerous at the time. There is also something remote about them. They are invariably in black and white and so it is often easy to forget that there has always been colour and vibrancy in the world. This is where books like A Woman’s World come into their own.
Covering a century of women from 1860 to 1960 the book is separated into chapters dealing with pioneers, women who altered the face of science, politics and stage and screen. There are iconic images of Marilyn Monroe alongside Amelia Earhart, suffragettes and the first women politicians. There are some familiar faces, and photographs but you will also find long forgotten, everyday women, from nurses to taxi drivers.
Each photograph is accompanied by text from Dan Jones detailing the history of the woman portrayed, if known, how they impacted society to what changes or inventions they brought about. What I also loved about the book is that each original black and white photograph is included at the end so that they can also be seen as they would have been when first taken.
This isn’t just a fancy coffee table book, to be looked at from a distance or to be part of the décor (just take a peek under the dust jacket to see how beautiful it is). This is a book to enjoy, one that you can be open on any random page and still be guaranteed a fascinating snippet. Even if you don’t always read the text, the photographs themselves hold such detail that they can be viewed again and again with more to discover each time.
A fascinating, beautiful look into the past.
Highly recommended.