An inspirational book that highlights women on both sides of the political spectrum. It felt like the authors were trying to appease a certain political group a whole time though.

I was pleasantly surprised with this book - it explores the success and political backgrounds of a variety of women who have made an impact in countries across the world. The women range from both sides of the political scale and simply details their lives, the causes that are important to them and the impact they have had on their respective countries and/or political parties. It was interesting to learn more about the backgrounds of high profile politicians, from all kinds of backgrounds, such as Leila de Lima, Benazir Bhutto, Hillary Clinton, Elaine Chao and Betsy DeVos, A great book, full of information and details about the rise of women in politics and the challenges they face.

ARC provided by the publisher in exchange for an honest review. 

Yes Women in politics! I really enjoyed this book. As Caitlin Donohue states in the beginning, "Many of the women's stories are inspirational, but politicians are not celebrities." We should learn from women in politics, not glorify them. They should be praised because of what they stand for and what they do, not just because they are women in a predominantly male field.
 I enjoyed how the "chapters" were broken down: quick facts, biography, political work, quotes. it made it really easy to take in bits and pieces of information without feeling overwhelmed, as we often get when talking politics. 
This will be a great resource for teens who want to learn! And even adults. Don't let the nice illustrations fool you, this book is one to read. 

Many Thanks to NetGalley and Wattpad Books for this ARC

An excellent idea but there is a lot of room for improvement in execution.

So the good: 
- The book has a light chatty tone, an excellent approach when introducing politics to a young teenage audience (and that is definitely the target audience)
- There are some really inspiring women and stories profiled (some obvious and some not so obvious
- Even though there is a dearth of women from the other side of the aisle (you do get Elaine Chao and Betsy Devos) the few that are profiled are dealt with a surprisingly warm light in a good attempt at being as non-partisan as possible.


I guess it is important to also state that I am not the target audience, so my criticism should be taken with a grain of salt.
And so on to the bad:
- The chapters are short -  almost too quick and breezy. The profiles are very broad strokes and do not give enough time to the reader to focus on the exceptional work these women have done and the barriers they have broken. There really isn't a time for contemplation.
- Interspersed are many paragraph long summary bios of other powerful women - but often there is little context or connection. Overall the book thus feels very poorly structured. It feels more Wikipedia rather than a narrative.
- Although it would mean more work and more research, I would have also liked to read more about or from the women who they have inspired down the line.

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Great across-the-aisle profiles of women in politics, how they got to where they are, and inspiration for a new generation.

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She Represents is a collection of true life stories that highlight womxn who are politicians. It covers their early life and how they got into politics, with their political agenda included. It also features two other sections called Awesome Achievements and Quotables, sharing even more about this fantastic womxn in power.🤩
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This is that exact history lesson I want, instead of the white washed, man flooded mess I get in my US history class currently. Not only does this story cover amazing womxn, but also several womxn in the LGBT+ community which was double the fun! Since the US is kinda late on the whole, ya know, womxn in politics thing, the author also includes other womxn from other countries. Did you know that Iceland’s first female president was in the 1980’s?! I highly recommend this to anyone, as because I don’t agree with some of the political views some of the womxn have, I still have so much respect for them as a whole.😍
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Sadly my phone which I was using to read this book screen had broken and so sadly I couldn't finish the book because it was past the archive date and I couldn't download it onto a different device, but I did start the book.

From what I did read of this book it was a very empowering read, the stories of some of the women were truly. The book did make me see a lot of the hardship that some of the women suffered somewhere in their lives. overall of what I read it was a really enjoyable and empowering read for a teenage woman like myself to read I can't stress how much I enjoyed the start of the book and hearing other womens' stories to the places in society today or previously.

I gave this a three out of five stars, I really enjoyed this book. I liked how we learned more about women in politics.

An important book for today a book that should be taught in classroom 
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She Represents: 44 Women Who Are Changing Politics . . . and the World is a wonderful book of celebration of diverse women and their impact in politics and society. I really enjoyed this book on women, both from the United States and abroad, that have profoundly affected history. This would be a great book for young women to read to show how powerful and inspiring women can be. While I don’t agree with the politics of some of the women included, I do appreciate that Caitlin Donohue didn’t appear partisan in her choices and can therefore possibly appeal to a wider range of readers to educate them on feminism and female power. I will suggest this book to my government students to read more in depth on some of the leaders we discuss in class. ⁣
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Wonderful book. I loved it. It's such an empowering book for young females. It shows them that they are able to be in places that historically only went to men. Women can lead. They can do what men can do. Even adults can learn a lesson or two from this. I learned a lot about these women as well.

Thanks to Lerner Publishing Group for the e-ARC via NetGalley in exchange for my impartial review.

I really enjoyed this book and will definitely be purchasing it for the young women in my life.  The book includes bios of 44 women in politics throughout the world.  Some are the political powerhouses anyone could identify, but many are lesser-known women who are making huge impacts.  Donohue's writing is impartial, while also stating facts in a way that is easy to understand.  This is certainly not an easy task when success for women in politics heavily involves the overcoming of scandal, whether true or conspiracy. She includes women from both major US political parties and describes many political parties in other countries.  

My early kindle version of this book had some wonky formatting, which I'm sure is much cleaner in the print version.  I'm looking forward to purchasing the book and reviewing the final formatting and illustrations.

When I first requested this book, I didn’t necessarily know what to expect. I had originally thought it was going to showcase women who are important to history, but I was pleasantly surprised to see that it was more than that. Many of the books that we see showcasing women in leadership roles tend to focus on American leaders. The thing I enjoyed most about this book is that it showcased leaders of many countries and backgrounds. That was refreshing because I am a latina, and seeing other latinas represented was amazing for me. I am looking forward to sharing this book with others so that they can see themselves reflected in the pages.

This book contained profiles on 44 women in politics, the majority currently holding office in the United States. There were a few important figures who formerly served and some international women as well. Both parties were represented. In places, I felt the book ocused more on their personal story than important service or accomplishments. I did learn more about women I wasn't as familiar with. I felt this book probably needed a high school or older audience, and it was enjoyable to read as an adult.
I received an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

This is a well put together resource for young people who want to learn more about women in politics - from across the political spectrum. It is skewed towards the US (and the author explains in the introduction that this is because that is where the book is being published), but also includes some women from the rest of the world.  It looks at their policies and what they stand for - as well as if they have been involved in controversies. I thought it was a great overview that would provide a good jumping off point for more in-depth reading as well as encouraging young people to get involved in politics and activism by seeing what other people who look like them or have backgrounds similar to their own have accomplished in politics.

Thank you, NetGalley for providing me with an eARC in exchange for an honest review

Caitlin Donohue's "She Represents" is a collection of biographies of women in government. She reveals the lives of forty-four women who have made differences in politics. The woman that was included in this book were diverse and different from one another and were all from different countries. Donahue also made sure that all different political affiliations and parties were represented.

Even though there were woman from different countries that were included in this book, it still was primarily focused on woman in American politics. Donohue sums up life stories of great women in politics in less than three pages per person which included biographies, how they got to the office, and their political aims.
I was a little confused about the structure in which this novel was put together because of the focus on the less influential woman had more thorough biographies while woman like Michelle Obama and Ruth Bader Ginsberg was profiled in a section called "mini-profiles" although this was a little jarring for me, I thoroughly enjoyed the sections in which we learned more about Alexandra Ocasio Cortez and the woman in Congress.
I loved the wide spectrum of people who were covered in this book it showed women in Congress, the president’s Cabinet, the Court system, international leaders, First Ladies, and more. This to me was the aspect that really made me enjoy this, as it is a reminder to the young women and young people that they don't have to be President in order to make a difference in politics, there are many other ways. 
Although I enjoyed this aspect, I saw a lack of Asian woman who was profiled and I saw it as a missed opportunity to talk about woman like Malala Yousefzai and Greta Thunberg who are making strides for young people  

Overall, I thought it was a solid read that provided a great overview of some very historic women.

I appreciate the intent of this book to highlight women involved in politics in the US and around the world, regardless of their party affiliation, as well as the choice to cover a wide range of women, from longtime career politicians like Nancy Pelosi and Elizabeth Warren to rising stars like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Stacey Abrams. However, I did expect some discernment when it came to picking who would be featured; especially since these profiles don’t highlight the legitimate criticisms against some of them, like receiving their position due to their connections as opposed to their capability, or their involvement in other verifiably shady behavior. 
However, this still functions as I believe it was intendded, to provide an overview of the landscape of women in politics now, presenting a jumping off point for people to do further investigation.

Did not finish. I tried to get into this one multiple times but it was not as engaging as I had hoped. I wanted to read it with my daughter but she lost interest in some of the longer sections. Maybe if it was a physical book so the picture was visible with the bio?

I enjoyed this book and learned so, so much! It felt a bit slow and repetitive at times, but that makes sense given it was many bios back to back - so I appreciated the small breaks that were either education about the government, or some smaller profiles about other women. 

I loved the drawings - so I am excited to see what the printed books looks like and how it is laid out, because I think that will definitely add a lot to the reading experience. 

The only thing that really stuck out to me was some interesting word choice - at one point in the book it mentions pro-life, but in another bio it says antiabortion. I don't know if that was intentional given the women's own preferred language.

This book is something everybody needs to read.

It reminded me a lot of another great book about women's accomplisments, called Wonder Women, one of my favorites.

I loved how she brought all these amazing women doing politics, but yet how we are still minority inside the world of politics. She even brought statistics on how we are less than half on the parliament's world at the prologue, brought a personal relate on how she was objectified by  a male reporter even though she also was one. 

Seriously, the way she writes their accomplishments was amazing! And how also she recongnized that women can also be villains in politics. So glad she talked about Marielle Franco and her brutal murder. I loved the illustrations, they were so beautiful!