‘She Shapes History: Guided Walks and Stories About Great Australian Women’ is part travel guide, part history book — featuring walking tours and captivating stories about over 250 women who helped shape 31 cities and towns across Australia.
Key points:
- With over 250 women across 31 cities and towns across Australia, Sita educates her readers on the lost history of women.
- “I will admit to not knowing about most of these women.”
- Isabella gives ‘She Shapes History: Guided Walks And Stories About Great Australian Women’ 4 stars out of 5.
Frustrated by the lack of recognition for women’s historical contributions, Sita Sargeant founded ‘She Shapes History’, a tourism company offering engaging and entertaining walking tours in Canberra, Sydney, and Melbourne.
Writing ‘She Shapes History’ was the logical next step – and what a book it is! What a journey!
Sita’s passion for educating people about the power of women in Australia is so evident in this easy-to-digest travel guide/history book.
With beautifully thought-out and detailed walking tours Sita leaves no room to plead for “lack of information” when the information is right in our very streets.
With over 250 women across 31 cities and towns across Australia, Sita educates her readers on the lost history of women.
With over 250 women across 31 cities and towns across Australia, segmented into easily palatable pieces of information, Sita educates her readers on the lost history of women.
She then makes it so easy to become immersed and excited as she is about this topic, providing the resources and encouragement to set out and conduct your own research and experiences.
From politics to architecture to fighting for the rights of the First Nations people, to dominating the entertainment and visual arts industry, there is no piece of history that women have not touched.
I will admit to not knowing about most of these women.
For example, did you know a woman designed our capital? Or the stories behind the women on our bank notes? That seems like something I should know!
Many women have worked hard to receive the recognition and rights they are due, including their own bathrooms in parliament house.
“I will admit to not knowing about most of these women.”
There were so many ‘aha!’ moments throughout this book as I realised what a large role women played in the founding and development of our country.
This book is a refreshing reminder of women’s abilities and impacts. An encouragement to every woman to continue such a legacy in their own lives.
If you only have one takeaway from this book let it be to never underestimate your own power, especially when working together.
Reading through this book felt like an Australian woman’s pilgrimage.
Isabella gives ‘She Shapes History: Guided Walks And Stories About Great Australian Women’ 4 stars out of 5.
How privileged I feel, to be able to read this book and see all the women who have paved the way before me.
Sita is a woman willing to walk the hard yards and uncover the women of Australia’s history beneath the dust and dirt.
As she so succinctly states, “Welcome to Australia, a country shaped by women.”
I give ‘She Shapes History: Guided Walks And Stories About Great Australian Women’ 4 stars out of 5.
Listen to Laura Bennett’s conversation with Sita on UNDISTRACTED wherever you get your podcasts.
Featured image: Book cover used with permission.
This article was supplied with thanks to Isabella Leimgruber.
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