No Girls Allowed: Tales Of Daring Women Dressed As Men For Love, Freedom And Adventure (2008) - Plot & Excerpts
This book summarises 7 different stories of women that lived at a time when they did not get the same rights that men do. This book starts by Ancient Egypt and goes all the way to the Civil War in the USA. All the stories have a common base of Women disguising themselves as men in order to obtain the same rights as men. Even though the only thing all these women changed about themselves was their clothes, yet that was all that was needed to be done in order for the society to respect them.The illustrations of the book are very basic, hence why I rated it a 3 not a 4. The illustrations did not help me develop a deeper understanding of the plot; the words were the only beneficial part of the book. I enjoyed the plot of the stories however and how the author related the stories together. She put each story in a different chapter, yet we were still able to relate them to each other as all of them had comparable and relating plots. All of them start by a women that has a dream and begins to achieve her dream by "becoming" a man.I would recommend this book to anyone that is interested in how women's rights affected women over the course of history. The plots are written very simply without too many details so it is an easy read. I would recommend it to people that are interested in history and politics but would like to approach it a different way: Something different than newspapers, newscasts, and textbooks. I've been wanting to read this book for a long long time. They were great stories -- very accessible for readers of all ages, and very enlightening. Why don't we know these stories better?? The illustrations, while very energetic, lacked the potency of other graphic novels (Maus and Persepolis gave me very high expectations), which is why I didn't get this a 5 Star Excellent rating. But like I said, this is a great book and I'm getting it for my library and will be promoting the ink out of it!
What do You think about No Girls Allowed: Tales Of Daring Women Dressed As Men For Love, Freedom And Adventure (2008)?
Don't like the illustration style very much, but the stories are great.
—Meeli
