This is an impressive guide to women all over the world whose strength, courage, and knowledge have made the world a better place. My only criticism is that some descriptions were far too brief. I would have liked more detail even at the expense of fewer women named in the book. Despite this, it was a great read.

Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for providing me with a free e-copy of this book in exchange for my honest opinion.

I sometimes feel Bill Bryson has set an impossibly high bar for non fiction writers. This book had promise, shining a light on pioneering women throughout history - but as others have said, even the most effusive ones get a few paragraphs, some get a few lines (Jane Bloggs (1859-1927) was the first female lawyer in Egypt. That’s it. Sometimes it was just a list of names and their life dates.

Bar one or two who stood out, I can’t say I feel too much more enlightened, it was more a dictionary of names with brief details. Each chapter featured women through history and a bit about the author’s relative, but I didn’t feel Lily ever really became 3D for me.

I received a free ARC copy of this via NetGalley and the publishers in return for an unbiased review.

This was a fantastic book, everything I didn’t know I needed, I love reading about strong women, but to read about so many I never heard of before was a pure delight, but also aggravating that it’s 2022 and I’m still only learning about these amazing women. I also really appreciate the title Warrior Queens & Quiet Revolutionaries’, because Mosse does cover the differences these great women made as described, some made massive influences in quiet ways and we should be shouting out the impact now. An important and much needed book I am recommending to everyone

I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.

I really enjoyed this book! I found some of the descriptions into the women too sparse and would have preferred less women with more information on them but it's still impressive in it's form and sheer volume of women included!

I read this ARC for an honest review
All thoughts and opinions are mine

I love this author and was thrilled to be able to read this

Absolutely loved this

Excellent book…. Warrior Queens & Quiet Revolutionaries is a celebration of unheard and under-heard women’s history. Within these pages you’ll meet nearly 1000 women whose names deserve to be better known: from the Mothers of Invention and the trailblazing women at the Bar; warrior queens and pirate commanders; the women who dedicated their lives to the natural world or to medicine; those women of courage who resisted and fought for what they believed; to the unsung heroes of stage, screen and stadium. Recommend to all!

I saw the name Kate Moses and presumed wrongly it was a novel.
It’s not it is a history of certain women through the ages.
It is okay to drop in and read a chapter of occasionally but not something I would prefer.

My thanks to Pan Macmillan Mantle for an eARC via NetGalley of ‘Warrior Queens & Quiet Revolutionaries: How Women (Also) Built the World by Kate Mosse.

I am a great admirer of Kate Mosse’s historical fiction and was excited to read this work of nonfiction.

It is a celebration of women’s history focusing primarily on those women whose names are unknown or little known. It is divided into sections that focus upon specific areas including warriors, revolutionaries, inventors, scientists; those who dedicated their lives to the natural world, medicine, the law, religion, and the arts.

Within its pages Mosse includes short biographies of nearly a thousand women along with a comprehensive bibliography and index.

The individual sections are framed by Mosse’s piecing together details of the life of her great-grandmother, Lily Watson, who was in her day a famous and highly-successful novelist yet she had all but disappeared from the historic record. This gives the book an extra, personal dimension.

Mosse mentions a number of times the important contribution made to the reclamation of women’s history by Judy Chicago’s 1979 art installation, ‘The Dinner Party’. I recall the impact it had on me when I saw it during its exhibition in London.

Overall, I feel that ‘Warrior Queens & Quiet Revolutionaries’ is an important book and ideal for dipping into. I found it accessible and inspiring.

Highly recommended.

I kept this book as a holiday read as I love Kate Mosse books. However this was not a holiday read at all. I did not realise it was more of a non fiction book and I found it really tough to read and I must admit I did not finish it. This may have been due to being on holiday and all the stuff going on around me but even if I was home I do not think I would feel any different. I do get that women’s achievements and careers are not always put in the forefront but I am most definitely a fiction reader as opposed to non fiction. I really hope this book achieves the success it deserves but unfortunately it was not for me.

History has traditionally concentrated on its male contributors, either relegating female historical figures to background roles or writing them out altogether. There have been several books to address that lately and Mosse’s work stands up with the best of them. In many ways, it’s probably more accessible to the lay person too since she categorises by theme rather than historical time period. Nor do you require a lot of historical knowledge to follow the thread. This was a great book which sought to redress the balance a little.

Warrior Queens & Quiet Revolutionaries by Kate Mosse was an amazing book but I found it a hard book to get into. I have enjoyed all Kate's other books and a big fan of her's but this book was not for me.

I hate giving Kate 3 stars but it will never put me off reading and purchasing all her other books in the future. As I have all her books in my bookcase and they have all been read and loved.

I wonder how many people will actually read this book as it is really an encyclopaedia of around 1000 women who've done notable things in both recent history and extremely ancient history. After a while I found all the names and references were just blurring into one forgettable mass as you only get a few paragraphs about each person so they all merge into a series of entries rather than memorable people.

The short histories of women are interspersed with the story of Lily Watson, the author's great-grandmother who was a famous and highly-successful novelist in the late 19th century. I would have liked the story of Lily to be separate as I found it disjointed as it was broken up amongst the mini histories so I sometimes missed sections as you can't so much read an encyclopaedia but dip in and out.

I’ve enjoyed fiction by Kate Moses and was intrigued by this book, her first foray into non fiction. I think it’s a triumph. It’s essentially pen portraits or mini bios of numerous women whose achievements are unrecognised. It’s an eclectic mix and I found it easy to read and absolutely fascinating as I hadn’t heard of most of them. As I’ve got older, I’ve come to understand just how much fact and history is dominated and manipulated by male voices. Babbage is generally considered the brain behind computers, with little recognition for Ada Lovelace’s work and her achievements are rarely acknowledged. We live in a patriarchal society where, despite so called equality, women are subjugated, ignored and dismissed. It’s very refreshing to find a well researched book which is inspirational, informed and challenging. This is on my Christmas list; I’m going to buy a couple of copies to give as gifts and hope that the contents will inspire others in the same way.

My thanks to the publisher for a review copy via Netgalley.

This is a readable yet educational look at some women who we really should know more about! Kate Mosses’ signature style interwoven in her first work of non fiction • a grown ups version of rebel girls

Everyone should have a copy of this.

The stories of historical, inspiring, amazing figures from world history that we don't know about just because they are women. In this book are scientists, artists, politicians, religious leaders, etc (from all over the world) who have been forgotten for one reason. Kate Mosse has done an amazing job in re-discovering all these women who we should know about because of the work they have done, but don't. The first scientist to discover the 'greenhouse effect' was a woman! And, it was in the 19th century.

To me, this extra knowledge, just enriches our society. So, please read.

With thanks to NetGalley and Mantle for an ARC.

This is a very easy to read book, similar to an encyclopaedia in that there are short pieces written about each woman, but they are all linked together so it reads as prose. The book introduced me to many women I have never heard of and I enjoyed reading about them and their achievements. An awful lot of research must have gone into this book and Mosse has done these often overlooked women justice by bringing their stories to life. It made me angry to read about how many of these women’s achievements were overlooked or worse, attributed to men. Yet these women kept going and made their mark on history and that is so inspiring. Kudos to Kate Mosse for bringing these women into the spotlight and telling their stories.

Definitely a book to be read in short bursts so its contents can be fully absorbed. Read it and be inspired!

With thanks to Netgalley and Pan Macmillan for providing an advance review copy. All opinions are my own.

I wasn't really sure what to make of this book. In the end I decided that it was neither fish nor fowl and the two parts did not sit easily with each other, yet separately both worked. The pen portraits of inspirational and influential woman were great, introducing me to many I had never heard of. The biographical details of Mosse's great-grandmother were interesting but I found myself skipping them at times.

This is not what I classify a a reading book but much more like a book to keep on the coffee table to browse through in leisure. It is an encyclopedia of women that lie mostly forgotten in our history books and it inspires the reader to seek more information about each of these women. Depending upon the readers interests there are categories that will particularly interest them but still find the others good to read about.
It was lovely seeing Kate Mosse integrating her own family history in places that added to the readability,
This is a book full of the lives of powerful women and full of a great deal of information.

I’ve developed an interest in learning more about women from history in recent years and this book certainly hit the spot! It is chock full of amazing women from across the globe and in many different areas such as science, religion and (my personal favourite, I think) razzle dazzle. Interspersed with this array of notable women is a history of Mosse’s great grandmother, which has been gleaned through family members and written records from, and letters between, Lily and her husband, Sam. I enjoyed the personal element to this non-fiction account of different women achieving great things over the past hundreds of years, it broke up the more information heavy sections - which I loved, but can be a little overwhelming.

Mosse acknowledges there are many women left unmentioned, as there must be, but she certainly does a fantastic job of including many who have shaped the world we live in today and I found the whole thing incredibly fascinating and would desperately love to read more!

Warrior Queens & Quiet Revolutionaries is perhaps the most wide-ranging collection of inspirational women you'll ever find in one book, with over a thousand covered across the pages. I particularly liked the way Mosse structures her selection, linking the women by themes rather than historical eras. This means there is a much wider geographical scope than most similar books, and although many of the women get little more than a paragraph, it's just enough to inspire you to find out more. There were a lot of names I recognised, but many more I hadn't heard before.

Mosse also mixes the standard encyclopedic style entries with biography, telling the story of her great-grandmother, Lily Watson. It adds another dimension to this feminist history, putting her great-grandmother (and my extention, herself) in the context of history as shaped by these revolutionary women.

Highly recommended for anyone interested in history or looking for inspiration from some incredible trailblazing women.