Graphic Novel Review - 'Wonderful Women of the World' by Laurie Halse Anderson (Editor), Various

Utterly fantastic.

Thank you, Laurie Halse Anderson, for your own great backstory; as well as those of Serena and Venus Williams, Danielle Paige, Teara Fraser, Malala Yousafzai, Leiomy Maldonado, Brené Brown, Beyoncé Knowles, Mari Copeny, Mariana Costa Checa, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Greta Thunberg, Edith Windsor, Khatijah Mohamad Yusoff, Francisca Nneka Okeke, Judith Heumann, Márcia Barbosa, Ellen Ochoa, Naomi Watanabe, Marsha P. Johnson, and Keiko Agena (as well as Sarah Kuhn!). All their stories are told in comic book form. There is also Alice Marble, Althea Gibson, Billie Jean King, Sally Ride, Jenette Kahn, Mary Seacole, Wilma Mankiller, Ada Lovelace, Kathryn Sullivan, Mae Jemison, Eileen Collins, Kalpana Chawla, Peggy Whitson, Christina Koch, and Jessica Meir (plus Brittney Williams! Seriously, read more about her she's amazing!).

All these wonderful women, from the past and the present, are sorely needed, for they each represent strength, compassion, justice, truth, and equality. They must be heard of and recognised for their achievements, their positive impact on the world. In them, and thousands and thousands of other women, we see what women are truly capable of - they can and will make the world a better, smarter, cleverer, more unified and fair and loving and empathic and beautiful place. They fight for what is right; progress is inevitable, nothing can stop them, and it is futile and stupid to try.

They are each Wonder Woman, in their own way.

They are the Wonder Women of the world. And we can be Wonder Women, too.


'A girl with a hero can do anything'

'LEARN

BUILD

DREAM'


An inspiring showstopper of a comic anthology.

Final Score: 5/5