I've seen this book by Sandi Toksvig in various places over the last few weeks, but have been put off by the title so didn't investigate further. Yes, even though I am a girl, I also have a son so I didn't like to think of one gender being *better* than another.
However, on closer inspection I actually really like the sound of what is inside. Women have played a huge part throughout history but their contribution has largely been ignored. For example, did you know that there were actually female Gladiators - Gladiatrices? No? Neither did I. See more over the cut.
For as long as history has been recorded, girls haven't had much of a look in amongst all the great men we remember. But that doesn't mean they weren't there. And it doesn't mean that they didn't achieve great things, come up with wonderful inventions or win battles. Lots of people have heard of Joan of Arc, Boadicea and Florence Nightingale, but...Did you know that Nimkasi was the Sumerian Goddess of Beer? Or that it was Mary Jacob Phelps who invented the bra? In this book, Sandi Toksvig shows that His-tory is actually Her-story. Though they're often ignored or overlooked, women have changed the world.