Loved the ability of the author to twist the true dramas of these women into what they really were - soap opera material. Reading other reviews here stuns me. Can people really expect a serious disertation on the subject when the title is "Uppity Women.."? It's very obvious from this title that this was going to be a humerous take. Nevertheless, I found it very interesting and enjoyed how life was breathed into these women, when one can guess very little actual material about them exists.

I like books on ancient peoples, particularly, women, so I picked up "Uppity Women" hoping for a factual and engrossing account of the lives of women in ancient times. Instead I read a collection of seriously silly bios with so much slang, and so much silliness it was difficult to understand WHAT the author was trying to say.

The author's 'gossip column' style of writing seems more appropriate for magazines featuring two-headed-alien-babies than a serious work on historical feminism. Sure, this may appeal to teens or people who don't have serious scholarly inclination. But for those looking for true facts on the lives of ancient women might be disappointed in this hodge-podge of history and modern lingo.

3 stars. I found the writing poor, and the author's slang-ridden 'voice' irritating, incomprehensible, and distracting.

I really appreciate the thought behind this series of books but constantly find myself frustrated at the tiny amount of space given to each subject. I always want to know more and am annoyed when that's all there is. I would instead recommend something like "The Mammoth Book of Outrageous and Heroic Women", which gives you a one paragraph summary of each woman, but then goes on to give you another six or eight pages of detail.

This book (and the rest of the series) is written for people who are NOT fascinated by dry, scholarly textbooks. Plenty of people are subjected to the usual bland recounting of historical events and have surmised that history is not only boring, it's sexist. This series turns both notions on their heads. If you are looking for a "serious" tome on feminist history, don't bother reading this. The author wrote in conversational, slang-ridden style in order to appeal to people who AREN'T history buffs. Why so many people wrote reviews trashing this book because it isn't boring just shows the elitist snobbery that academica carries within. If you are mildly interested in learning a bit about women who never got their fair shake in male-centric world of historical writing, this book is for you. THe research is solid, the stories are true and nothing in this book is "bad" other than her glib style. If writing in an appealing way is somehow tantamount to heresy in historical writing then so be it. I personally cannot understand why a book with so much to say (in a short amount of time) is so maligned just because it isn't written to put you to sleep.

...at how bad this book is and at how so many reviewers gave it 5 stars (not humanly possible, they must be friends).. I spent this last New Years reading it with a couple of friends.. and laughed and laughed on how stupid it all is... for a laugh its great... a waste of money though.