200 Women: Who Will Change The Way You See The World (Personal Growth Books for Women, Coffee Table Books, Women of the World Books)
200 Women: Who Will Change The Way You See The World (Personal Growth Books for Women, Coffee Table Books, Women of the World Books) book cover

200 Women: Who Will Change The Way You See The World (Personal Growth Books for Women, Coffee Table Books, Women of the World Books)

Hardcover – Organizer, October 31, 2017

Price
$51.20
Format
Hardcover
Pages
396
Publisher
Chronicle Books
Publication Date
ISBN-13
978-1452166582
Dimensions
9.5 x 1.5 x 12.25 inches
Weight
4.85 pounds

Description

About the Author Kieran Scott is a photographer whose work has appeared in magazines, books, and campaigns. He is based in New Zealand.Sharon Gelman is an award-winning human rights activist, writer, and media producer, who lives in Washington, D.C.

Features & Highlights

  • 200 incredible women. 126 hours of interviews. 16,000 photographs. 5 questions. This landmark project is the realization of an epic global journey to find 200 women with diverse backgrounds and to ask them what really matters to them.
  • This book was inspired by the belief that, as Gloria Steinem once said, "You can’t empower women without listening to their stories." The resulting interviews with 200 women from a variety of backgrounds takes you on a journey that's heartbreaking and uplifting, providing a vivid snapshot of female life around the globe. Each woman shares her unique reply to the same five questions: What really matters to you? What brings you happiness? What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery? What would you change if you could? Which single word do you most identify with? The variety of answers offers gifts of empowerment and strength—inviting us to bring positive change at a time when so many are fighting for basic freedom and equality. Interviewees include:
  • Jane Goodall, conservation and animal welfare activist
  • Jane Goodall, conservation and animal welfare activist
  • Margaret Atwood, author and winner of The Booker Prize
  • Margaret Atwood, author and winner of The Booker Prize
  • Roxane Gay, author and feminist
  • Roxane Gay, author and feminist
  • Renée Montagne, former host of NPR's Morning Edition
  • Renée Montagne, former host of NPR's
  • Morning Edition
  • Alicia Garza, activist and co-founder of Black Lives Matter
  • Alicia Garza, activist and co-founder of Black Lives Matter
  • Alfre Woodard, award-winning actor and activist
  • Alfre Woodard, award-winning actor and activist
  • Marian Wright Edelman, head of the Children's Defense Fund
  • Marian Wright Edelman, head of the Children's Defense Fund
  • Lydia Ko, professional golfer and Olympian
  • Lydia Ko, professional golfer and Olympian
  • Dolores Huerta, labor activist, community organizer, and co-founder of the National Farm Workers Association
  • Dolores Huerta, labor activist, community organizer, and co-founder of the National Farm Workers Association
  • Alice Waters, chef, author, and food rights advocate
  • Alice Waters, chef, author, and food rights advocate
  • Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, author and Macarthur Foundation fellow
  • Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, author and Macarthur Foundation fellow
  • MULTIMEDIA PROJECT: Each interview is accompanied by a photographic portrait, resulting in a volume that is compelling in word and image—and global in its scope and resonance. This gorgeous large-format book is paired with an interactive website, building on this remarkable, ever-evolving project. SNAPSHOTS OF GREAT LEADERSHIP:
  • 200 Women
  • reminds us that there are no ordinary women. It is an empowering book for women, teen girls, or anyone looking for inspiration from luminaries across the world. A STUNNING COFFEE TABLE BOOK: As a photography collection, this book is one to be admired and treasured. As an interview anthology, it is notable for its diversity and authenticity in showcasing 200 real women with real stories that enlighten and instruct.  Perfect for:
  • Birthday, graduation, anniversary, or special occasion gift for women of all ages
  • Birthday, graduation, anniversary, or special occasion gift for women of all ages
  • An instructive and inspirational book for anyone interested in women's studies, cultural studies, history, and the power of intention
  • An instructive and inspirational book for anyone interested in women's studies, cultural studies, history, and the power of intention
  • Readers seeking books about empowered women
  • Readers seeking books about empowered women
  • Shelve alongside In the Company of Women, Ann Shen's Legendary Ladies, Vibrate Higher Daily, Humans by Brandon Stanton, and Ruth Bader Ginsburg's My Own Words
  • Shelve alongside
  • In the Company of Women
  • , Ann Shen's
  • Legendary Ladies
  • ,
  • Vibrate Higher Daily
  • ,
  • Humans
  • by Brandon Stanton, and Ruth Bader Ginsburg's
  • My Own Words

Customer Reviews

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Five Stars

Beautiful book. As expected
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Four Stars

Beautiful book and great stories! Wish that the text font was a bit bigger for ease of reading.
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Beautiful, inspiring, powerful.

Beautiful, inspiring book with gorgeous photographs and amazing stories of women who are changing the world every day. They come from everywhere. Get this book and read it. Enjoy it. Then get more copies for your friends and family. That's what I'm doing.
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200 for all

200 women, a set of questions, 200 views, some of them have been said so often they may sound mundane - views such as 'I want to make a difference' have become cliché - but they resound with fresh ideas, fresh thoughts and fresh perspectives once we read through the entire answers in context.

These are views from women of all walks of life, and it is not a book dominated by the artists and intellectuals. Some, like Nomvula Shikakhane, have a passionate and moving personal story to tell, and they make no pretence of being ideologues at all. All Nomvula wants to do each day, is to walk into the kitchen and begin work as the chef.

Embeth Davidz tells us (men and women) that physical scars are of no concern. They do not diminish us as humans; they serve only to remind us of our personal experience and learning. Some of the women featured show deep wounds the cause of which they can neither forget nor forgive; others show understanding and forgiveness that make them more human than those who have brought them wrong.

This is a book for bonding women's solidarity, and reshaping men's views of the woman in today's world; views that will raise a clearer understanding of the being as human.
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Amazing book, but a big book. Greaaat!

Great!!!!!!! Thank u! So nice but so big it’s hard to hold! Haha
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Stunning Photography! Deep and Insightful text.

The book is excellent! But the used condition was a little too used for my taste. The book was written in.
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Inspiring

This book has given me inspiration as a woman. Very interesting stories. I loved the different answers to the 5 questions.
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Great book!

Ordered one for each of the important young women in my life, great book! Very inspiring!