Shevolution: Celebrating Girl Power Throughout History

Everyone alive on the planet today can trace their ancestry back to just one woman. But who would she have been? What would her life have been like? And what has happened since for her billions of descendants? In an all-encompassing whistlestop tour through prehistory, history, and on to the future, Shevolution spans an extraordinary 200,000 years, tracing the life of the woman scientists call 'Mitochondrial Eve' and following the journeys of the female pioneers who have shaped us all.

Around the world, girls and women - who have ruled kingdoms,
  governed empires and led pirates - have had to fight to
  gain, and keep, basic human rights even into the 21st century.
  Shevolution includes their stories, giving voice to the
  unsung sheroes of our day.


  Travel with us through early human history, first societies, ancient
  cultures around the world, the rise (and fall) of empires,
  featuring female leaders, the suffrage movement, the women's rights
  movement, intersectionality and ... the fight to get pockets
  back!


  This beautifully illustrated book takes you on
  a tour through women's history around the world, featuring snapshots
  of what life might have been like for our theoretical common
  ancestor 200,000 years ago and for women and girls at key moments
  since.


  Did you know?





  Recent ethnographic research proves that women (and children!)
  weren't just gatherers in hunt-gatherer societies.



  Did you know?





  New Zealand was the first country to give women the right to
  vote in 1893.



  A captivating and unique approach to non fiction, this is an important
  read for all children who want to understand
  the Shevolution of society.