Invisible Women - help me with an inscription

[MrsFogi]

I've bought a copy of Invisible Women with the intention of donating it to my closest girl's senior school's library. Can anyone help me with an inscription - I'd like to take the opportunity to try to put a bit of feminist inspiration in there and/or explain why this is relevant to them (11-18 year old girls).

To head off the obvious questions/criticisms - the school has a library, does not have a copy of this book, is underfunded and unlikely to be buying a copy of the book anytime soon, I believe they will welcome a book donation (I know the librarian ).

I'm not the best at this but felt inspired by your action OP, what a wonderful idea.

I can't really solidify my thoughts to write something concise but I imagine picking up the book and wanting to be told that it's ok to ask questions and when I'm dismissed or told to shut up it means that I should keep asking.

The feminist quote thread might inspire you, I still love "together we rise".

The book is an example to me of how crucial critical thinking is and how women need to constantly push for fairness.

Sorry if this is not helpful, I hope you find the right words. It's a beautiful thing you're doing.

I gave a copy to my stepdaughter and inside wrote something like ‘my generation of women have done the research, your generation will be the one’s who make the changes’

It was better than that but I forget exactly.

Feel free to do the same @OhHolyJesus - if everyone gave a copy to their local school we could cover the country pretty quickly!

Thanks @DuMondeB that is a really great line and would work for school! I've also given away two copies to friends and put the following inside:

"My small act dedicated to the memory of Magdalen Berns:
This is possibly the best non-fiction book I have read so I have bought two copies of this book to pass on. I am blessed to call many wonderful women my friends, however from all of them you are the person I have chosen you to give this copy to because
I hope you will read, enjoy and talk about this book;
I trust you to pass on this book to another brilliant woman who you, in turn, trust to pass it on to another woman…and so on; and
I hope you will buy another copy of this book and start a new chain of sharing so that slowly but surely we can try to put an end to “women being forgotten.”

Nothing to suggest but I love this idea!

I think I will do this OP. Thank you for the inspiration.

Can I suggest a boy's school too? I think its just as important boys read it. I gave the head teacher (woman) and class teacher (male) of my DCs primary a copy when they left in July.

Might give their secondary school one, thanks for inspo. Wonder how we can get the teachers to read though?

Lovely idea, OP.

I've not read this book, but came across this on a thread of feminist quotes in FWR: Well behaved women rarely make history.

In case anyone else fancies joining me in a bit of Christmas feminist gift-giving - I am about to wrap up 3 more copies of this bloody brilliant book for local school libraries (I want every girl to read this book!!!).

I'm thinking of gifting "My Body Is Me" to a few local schools and libraries:

www.transgendertrend.com/product/my-body-is-me/

Caroline tweeted it was I think 9 quid on amazon at moment

I love the simplicity of (and the way it came from a place of patronising rebuke but has been turned round into a rallying cry):

"Nevertheless, she persisted"

There is also:

Dangerous Coats
Someone clever once said
Women were not allowed pockets
In case they carried leaflets
To spread sedition
Which means unrest
To you & me
A grandiose word
For commonsense
Fairness
Kindness
Equality
So ladies, start sewing
Dangerous coats
Made of pockets & sedition

Buzz that’s my absolute favourite!

The day I am marched to the gulag for wongthink retraining I will have it embroidered on a pocket, on my pants!!

Can I make a suggestion to everyone thinking about donating a book? I suggest you write it into your donation that if its no longer wanted it has to be sold as a fundraiser, returned to you or passed on to another library.

To be able to solve a problem you have to first name it, here is the research you need to get started.