There was Queen Zenobia of Palmyra Sarah Winnemucca and Jane Addams, who founded Hull House, which I’d also never heard of. But the vast majority were names I’d either never heard before or knew very little about. I’d heard of many of these women of course, such as Queen Elizabeth I, Harriet Tubman, and Elizabeth Cady Stanton. There’s a definite slant toward American women but the author made a real effort to include women from other countries. The “story” basically consists of brief biographical sketches of women from all over the world and throughout history. That framework does serve to tie everything together though. An artificial intelligence guides the girls through important times and places, beginning with Sumer in 3000 BCE. The framework for this graphic novel seems a bit odd at first. Through their journey, they realize that women’s rights overlap with the rights of numerous other groups, making the fight for equality universal. A group of girls visit important moments and figures in the fight for women’s rights.
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