Saw this while running around and I have some bad news for the author and the kids reading these book.
Firstly, no one is perfect and standards for women have always been higher than for men. That being said I am fairly sure we have a few more options than these as our female heroes.
Coco wasn’t the best choice for this collection of women to admire. I’d stay clear of telling kids to admire people who banged and spied for the Nazis. Then again I’m not a children’s book author. 🤷🏻♀️
Frida is a better choice for sure. She did have a dick of a cheating husband though. (His actions were not her fault.) I hope they call him out in the book at least. Not sure if that’s a chapter in the story. Fingers crossed it is. 🙏
Audrey. Good choice there. No further comment. 👍
Next book on the shelf…
Marie Curie changed the world by dicking around with radiation and unfortunately it didn’t end well for her. Lesson for the kids: wear protection because you may change the world but die doing it. So…thanks for your sacrifice…😬
Wait… is this ‘the women who died for the things they did that weren’t lady like then’ book? WTF? We all know what happened to Amelia. It sucks but she had guts and deserves recognition of course. Just remember to bring a map before you travel. Damn this book bundle is dark. 😳
Next up is a lady I need to google. Please hold…
Ada was a big brained nerd genius who basically invented the way computers would work. 👏 Go her. Unfortunately…she eventually got cancer then got Jesus and repented her ways and then was abandoned by her husband then died. God damn this series is dark as fuck. Also her dad was Lord Byron, uber famous writer and notorious philanderer. Apparently she may have been involved in one or more affairs, just like dear pa pa. So that’s what she may have been driven to repent. I doubt dad was driven to repent his affairs. 🙄
So what exactly do these books teach kids?
I don’t know. Coco throws me the most here. The others had crazy lives or suffered for their efforts but she just banged nazis and sold clothes.
The real actual lesson here is to google the heroes you tell your kids to admire because some may be legit and some not so much. Also women who make history go through a lot of shit. Damn.
Fin.
-Nice Girl
What Other People Had To Say