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A Tyranny of Petticoats: 15 Stories of Belles, Bank Robbers & Other Badass Girls
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A Tyranny of Petticoats: 15 Stories of Belles, Bank Robbers & Other Badass Girls
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A Tyranny of Petticoats: 15 Stories of Belles, Bank Robbers & Other Badass Girls
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A Tyranny of Petticoats: 15 Stories of Belles, Bank Robbers & Other Badass Girls

Written by Jessica Spotswood

Narrated by Bahni Turpin

Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars

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From an impressive sisterhood of YA writers comes an edge-of-your-seat anthology of historical fiction and fantasy featuring a diverse array of daring heroines.

Criss-cross America-on dogsleds and ships, stagecoaches and trains-from pirate ships off the coast of the Carolinas to the peace, love, and protests of 1960s Chicago. Join fifteen of today's most talented writers of young adult literature on a thrill ride through history with American girls charting their own course. They are monsters and mediums, bodyguards and barkeeps, screenwriters and schoolteachers, heiresses and hobos. They're making their own way in often-hostile lands, using every weapon in their arsenals, facing down murderers and marriage proposals. And they all have a story to tell.

With stories by:
J. Anderson Coats
Andrea Cremer
Y. S. Lee
Katherine Longshore
Marie Lu
Kekla Magoon
Marissa Meyer
Saundra Mitchell
Beth Revis
Caroline Richmond
Lindsay Smith
Jessica Spotswood
Robin Talley
Leslye Walton
Elizabeth Wein

LanguageEnglish
Release dateMar 8, 2016
ISBN9781511371797
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A Tyranny of Petticoats: 15 Stories of Belles, Bank Robbers & Other Badass Girls
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Jessica Spotswood

Jessica Spotswood is the author of the historical fantasy trilogy The Cahill Witch Chronicles and the contemporary novels Wild Swans and The Last Summer of the Garrett Girls. She is the editor of the feminist anthologies A Tyranny of Petticoats: 15 Stories of Belles, Bank Robbers, & Other Badass Girls and The Radical Element: 12 Stories of Daredevils, Debutantes, & Other Dauntless Girls and co-editor of Toil & Trouble: 15 Tales of Women & Witchcraft. Jess lives in Washington, DC, where she works for the DC Public Library as a children's library associate. She is a feminist, a Hufflepuff, and an INFJ.

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  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    Quantum Leap for adolescent girls? I kind of want to buy a few dozen copies and give them out every time i encounter a teen girl and tell her, "You might need this to learn to be a kickass heroine". Some stories are incredibly moving and inspirational, some are depressing, but all are historically accurate (with the except of one fantasy story) stories of strong-willed girls who chased their dreams. Most stories feature minorities from African Americans to Native Americans to Chinese Americans and/or socio-economic, sexual and religious diversity. At least one story made me cry and at least one made me extremely happy. One (accidental?) theme of A Tyranny of Petticoats is standing up to evil/bullies/corrupt authority; some stories remind me a lot of The Secret Life of Bees. I've never been particularly into American History (...whatsoever), but in several cases A Tyranny of Petticoats had me reaching for Wikipedia. Very highly recommended.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    While there are some eras and decades not represented--I would love to see a story of a teen girl in the 50s straining against the constraints of society or a story of a girl in the 70s or 80s who was part of the punk movement--overall, this is a wide-ranging exploration of both American history and of young women refusing to settle.

    ETA (1/31): The stories are generally strong, and there are several I would love to see expanded upon, either into novellas or novels. There's also a nice mix of races and cultures represented. And, while there are some stories featuring romance between two women, all of the heroines are cis-females and that was a little disappointing.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    This book. This. Book. Love it! Amazing authors, amazing content. So, so good. This is stuff teen girls need to read. Kick ass girls doing kick ass things and being generally kick ass. This was a joy to read, though I did have my favorites, as anyone would when it comes to an anthology. I was so looking forward to this book and it lived up to my expectations in a way a lot of books haven't lately. I would recommend this book. I wish I could give it more than 5 out of 5 stars. Wonderful job to all the authors! This was brilliant.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    I love these collections as I get to explore other writers that I haven't read or heard of. This was an excellent collection and that a great read. I have several new favorite author's to read now.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    A Tyranny of Petticoats is a collection of short stories about teenage girls throughout American history. I borrowed it for the Elizabeth Wein short story, “The Color of the Sky”, about a girl who meets Bessie Coleman, the first black woman to get a pilot’s licence, which was sad but excellent.However, the rest of the collection reminded me that short stories, young adult and historical fiction are all things I enjoy and probably haven’t read enough of in the past year. I also learnt a few things I didn’t know about US history.My favourites stories were: “Pearls” by Beth Revis (1876; girl gets job as a teacher out west), “The Legendary Garrett Girls” by Y.S. Lee (1898; two sisters run a pub in Alaska), “Bonnie and Clyde” by Saundra Mitchell (1934; girl robs banks disguised as a boy), “Hard Times” by Katherine Longshore (1934; girl travels looking for work) and “The Pulse of the Panthers” by Kekla Magoon (1967; girl who has never left home meets members of the Black Panthers movement).As a rule, I liked the straight-historical stories much more than the ones with fantasy/supernatural elements.