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Published by Rising Action
Distributed by Simon & Schuster
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About The Book
Containing the histories of over 600 overlooked or disregarded women, Uncredited is a testament to women's perseverance and the recognition they deserve for their accomplishments.
Women's accomplishments across history are showcased as aberrations or surprising facts. Little thought is often given to the reasons why most of our lauded scientists, reporters, sports stars, politicians, and businesspeople all seem to be men.
Uncredited proves that not only have there been hundreds of ground-breaking women in all professions, but that their accomplishments have been overlooked, denigrated, or downright repressed by their male colleagues or historians. Uncredited explores why women have not been properly acknowledged for their accomplishments, both historically and today.
This book combines research and statistics with the stories of more than 600 women, and is both an academic source and a fascinating read. Prepare to be frustrated with the history you've been denied but also inspired by these hidden trailblazers.
Women's accomplishments across history are showcased as aberrations or surprising facts. Little thought is often given to the reasons why most of our lauded scientists, reporters, sports stars, politicians, and businesspeople all seem to be men.
Uncredited proves that not only have there been hundreds of ground-breaking women in all professions, but that their accomplishments have been overlooked, denigrated, or downright repressed by their male colleagues or historians. Uncredited explores why women have not been properly acknowledged for their accomplishments, both historically and today.
This book combines research and statistics with the stories of more than 600 women, and is both an academic source and a fascinating read. Prepare to be frustrated with the history you've been denied but also inspired by these hidden trailblazers.
Product Details
- Publisher: Rising Action (May 6, 2025)
- Length: 510 pages
- ISBN13: 9781998076642
Raves and Reviews
“Uncredited sets the record straight by celebrating the all-too-little known and unheralded accomplishments of women, and makes painfully clear the cost we all pay for having learned a woefully lopsided version of history.”
– Dana Rubin, author of Speaking While Female: 75 Extraordinary Speeches by American Women
"Allison Tyra’s Uncredited is a fascinating examination of how women have long been denied credit for their own work. This book is stunning in its scope, with stories from ancient Greece to the present, and tales of women’s struggles all over the world to get what they deserve. By looking at everything from whose records are seen as worth preserving to double standards to assumptions that wives are just extensions of husbands, Tyra reveals all the ways women have been made invisible, whether by being seen as not believable, unintelligent, untalented, or just too weak to hack it. But you’ll also get a chance to hear the incredible stories of female pirates, empresses, athletes, warriors, scientists, revolutionaries, and entertainers while you’re at it. This book will inspire you – and make you mad enough – to make sure that the women of the past, present, and future get the recognition they deserve for their achievements!"
– Sarah Horowitz, author of The Red Widow
“Can a book be depressing and uplifting at the same time? As hunters and warriors, as writers, artists, rocket scientists, spies, pirates, sports heroes, explorers, physicians, inventors, monarchs--you name it--women have always been the equals of men, argues Allison Tyra. And they have almost always been overlooked.
In Uncredited, Tyra returns hundreds of such women to the records of history and proves how bias and misogyny have long striven to erase their accomplishments.
Eye-opening and provocative, Uncredited belongs in every library. Every girl should have the chance to read it, to see what her future could bring if she follows her heart, instead of doing what she's told.”
– Nancy Marie Brown, author of The Far Traveler: Voyages of a Viking Woman
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