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Ascent Of Women (2013)

by Sally Armstrong(Favorite Author)

4.13 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

0307362590 (ISBN13: 9780307362599)

languge

English

genre

Nonfiction

publisher

Random House Canada

review 1: Well written, inspiring and engaging book describing phenomenal female revolutionaries from around the world who are making change happen, from Nobel prize winners to little girls suing for justice.What I especially liked about this book was the focus on women as leaders utilizing their natural tendencies for collaborative leadership and decision making. There are numerous examples in this book of phenomenal women leaders who were able to achieve great change because they did not try to use typical masculine traits to address problems and come up with solutions, but because they used feminine traits to problem solving to address issues and concerns (i.e. collaboration, empathy, group consensus, community concern, shared leadership and collegiality, etc... more...).
review 2: The book was written more like an article series than a book - I didn't really feel like I was reading more than a long article full of stories. The stories were familiar, some from the news, some from the excessively long introduction (what a monster that was!!), and I didn't feel that the insights were...well...insightful.It was a great book club book, and it made for great conversation; I just really felt like some of that discussion could have been in the book. There was only one side presented, or if the other side was discussed, it was presented as so patently awful that nobody could possibly see otherwise. Now, obviously, nobody thinks that rape or genital mutilation is a good thing, but since there are still women wearing burkas and hijabs, is it not possible that some of these women want to do it? That maybe not all are being forced?Finally, and most unforgiveable was the fact that there was no real call to arms. It was clearly saying "this is happening", but there was no clear "this is what we can do". It seems to be an opportunity missed. As I said though, it was a great book for a book club, and a great conversation. less

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