Reviews for Uppity Women of the Renaissance

The average rating for Uppity Women of the Renaissance based on 2 reviews is 2 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2018-10-14 00:00:00 Arnold Sanchez This book has little bits about women in the Renaissance era. I found myself skimming at times, full of information but basically a 'bathroom' or coffee table book for a short reading now and then. I enjoy women in history books and this book has the history but somehow I was left wanting something different. Perhaps it was a style I just am not use to. Not a bad book by any means, still had lots to offer about a subject I knew little on.

Review # 2 was written on 2010-03-19 00:00:00 Leonor Casadiego I have read a few other of Vicki Leon's "Uppity Women" books and really liked them, but this is a major disappointment. Many of the women didn't seem either very uppity or very admirable. For example, one was included because she made a series of marriages each more financially advantageous than the last, and ended up very wealthy. Um...wasn't that what everyone wanted a Renaissance-era woman to do? Another woman listed was a petty thief and, after one of her employers whom she stole from gave her a second chance, she burned that person's house down. And what was so impressive/feminist about her? Try the other books in the series but give this one a miss.