To Her Credit: Historic Achievements-and the Women Who Actually Made Them Happen
You may think you know the stories behind the world's most well-known, groundbreaking achievements, but To Her Credit is here to make you reevaluate our collective story. This book celebrates the stories of women, from ancient times until the 1990s, whose contributions have been overwritten and accredited to men.



The pattern of female achievements being stolen, overwritten, or straight-up ignored is as old as time. Authors Kaitlin Culmo and Emily McDermott reclaim the work of these heroines and offer reminders of what we lose when we don't question history as it has been written.



¿ We're often told that Cervantes "invented fiction" with the novel Don Quixote in seventeenth-century Europe, but what about Lady Murasaki's The Tale of Genji in eleventh-century Japan?



¿ Elvis Presley is considered "The King" and the inventor of rock and roll music. But what about Sister Rosetta Tharpe, who was the first to engineer the rock and roll sound, or Big Mama Thornton, for whom the song "Hound Dog" was explicitly written?



It's time to talk about the thousands of years' worth of art, inventions, innovations, and world-changing achievements made by women that have been ascribed to men.
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To Her Credit: Historic Achievements-and the Women Who Actually Made Them Happen
You may think you know the stories behind the world's most well-known, groundbreaking achievements, but To Her Credit is here to make you reevaluate our collective story. This book celebrates the stories of women, from ancient times until the 1990s, whose contributions have been overwritten and accredited to men.



The pattern of female achievements being stolen, overwritten, or straight-up ignored is as old as time. Authors Kaitlin Culmo and Emily McDermott reclaim the work of these heroines and offer reminders of what we lose when we don't question history as it has been written.



¿ We're often told that Cervantes "invented fiction" with the novel Don Quixote in seventeenth-century Europe, but what about Lady Murasaki's The Tale of Genji in eleventh-century Japan?



¿ Elvis Presley is considered "The King" and the inventor of rock and roll music. But what about Sister Rosetta Tharpe, who was the first to engineer the rock and roll sound, or Big Mama Thornton, for whom the song "Hound Dog" was explicitly written?



It's time to talk about the thousands of years' worth of art, inventions, innovations, and world-changing achievements made by women that have been ascribed to men.
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To Her Credit: Historic Achievements-and the Women Who Actually Made Them Happen

To Her Credit: Historic Achievements-and the Women Who Actually Made Them Happen

by Kaitlin Culmo, Emily McDermott

Narrated by Christina Delaine

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To Her Credit: Historic Achievements-and the Women Who Actually Made Them Happen

To Her Credit: Historic Achievements-and the Women Who Actually Made Them Happen

by Kaitlin Culmo, Emily McDermott

Narrated by Christina Delaine

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You may think you know the stories behind the world's most well-known, groundbreaking achievements, but To Her Credit is here to make you reevaluate our collective story. This book celebrates the stories of women, from ancient times until the 1990s, whose contributions have been overwritten and accredited to men.



The pattern of female achievements being stolen, overwritten, or straight-up ignored is as old as time. Authors Kaitlin Culmo and Emily McDermott reclaim the work of these heroines and offer reminders of what we lose when we don't question history as it has been written.



¿ We're often told that Cervantes "invented fiction" with the novel Don Quixote in seventeenth-century Europe, but what about Lady Murasaki's The Tale of Genji in eleventh-century Japan?



¿ Elvis Presley is considered "The King" and the inventor of rock and roll music. But what about Sister Rosetta Tharpe, who was the first to engineer the rock and roll sound, or Big Mama Thornton, for whom the song "Hound Dog" was explicitly written?



It's time to talk about the thousands of years' worth of art, inventions, innovations, and world-changing achievements made by women that have been ascribed to men.

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With references, notes and an index, plus beautiful illustrations, this book would be perfect for high school or first- or second-year college students seeking a well-rounded view of history.  An inspiring read. - Library Journal
 

Library Journal

06/01/2023

Independent scholars Culmo and McDermott introduce readers to women such as Hilma af Klint, Wu Zhao (or Wu Zetian), and Gladys Mae West, who should be household names but have been left out of many history books. Divided into categories—space, medicine, art, and more—each section highlights three or more individuals who made significant but unrecognized contributions to their particular areas. In many cases, men received the credit for their work. While some names (Mary Shelley, Ada Lovelace, Katherine Johnson) will be familiar, most are likely to be unknown to readers. Each entry is several paragraphs long, enough to discuss the woman's contributions in the larger context and also to whet readers' appetite to learn more. For example, astronomer Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin is one of the women noted in this book, so librarians may want to refer curious readers to What Stars Are Made Of, Donovan Moore and Jocelyn Bell Burnell's biography of her. VERDICT With references, notes and an index, plus beautiful illustrations, this book would be perfect for high school or first- or second-year college students seeking a well-rounded view of history. An inspiring read.—Maria Ashton-Stebbings

Product Details

BN ID: 2940159919694
Publisher: Tantor Audio
Publication date: 08/01/2023
Edition description: Unabridged
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