Native Women Changing Their Worlds

By: Patricia J. Cutright

Narrated by: Alessandra Ruiz

The 12 Indigenous women featured in this book overcame unimaginable hardships—racial and gender discrimination, abuse, and extreme poverty—only to rise to great heights in the fields of politics, science, education, and community activism. Such determination and courage reflect the essence of the traditional Cheyenne saying: “A nation is not conquered until the hearts of its women are on the ground."

©2021 Patricia J. Cutright (P)2022 Patricia J. Cutright

Not for adults

I did not realize when I bought this book and began to listen to it that it is aimed at adolescents. For them, it is probably quite a good book, with inspiring stories of a good number of Native women from around the U.S. and Canada overcame difficult childhoods and youths and other obstacles to have significant achievements later in their lives. For an adult, the book mentions (for example) the sexual abuse, poverty, lack of opportunity, etc. that a woman suffered as a child but omits to tell more complicated stories of how they worked to get past these obstacles to achieve the things they are celebrated for.But kids probably would not identify with the adult actions as much as with the obstacles encountered early in life, and the women are or were all wonderful examples of women's lives and in particular Native women's lives, so I recommend it. For adolescents. (The reader is not good at all--mispronounces many words, including many Indian tribal names, and breaks sentences in odd places, etc.