Lessons in Herstory Reviews

I can’t thank you enough for creating something so important. And the graphics make it so approachable and fun!
The only thing I would point out is that Clara Barton is missing. She used her own money during civil war to bring medical supplies to the wounded soldiers at the frontline, wrote letters to their families so they could have closure, and fought for 10 years to establish the American Red Cross. She more than deserves to be shown next to Abraham Lincoln and all other important civil war heroes.

I try to scroll down on the list of women but it just scrolls back up a little bit. And when I zoom in on the story because it is tiny, it moves where I don’t want it. If this could be fixed, I would be happy.

As an African American woman I was grossly disappointed with LessonsinHerstory. Except for one or two, every Black woman included in LessonsinHerstory was a slave. While escaping slavery is a remarkable feat, it would be great if you included Black women who contributed to American society in over ways: ie doctors, politicians, activists, artists. It’s not super useful. I also wish you took the time to introduce girls to more women who aren’t in the history books. The big names are more likely to be there so why not include predominantly new names? If you don’t already have a Black person on your staff please get one ASAP. LessonsinHerstory could be great but it’s severely lacking as it stands.

There are almost no Asian women in LessonsinHerstory. What about activists like Grace Lee Boggs or Yuri Kochiyama? Or scientists like Dr. Chien-Shiung Wu? Architects like Maya Lin? Political leaders like Patsy Tokemoto Mink? Or leaders for Asian migrant worker rights Sue Ko Lee or Ai-Jen Poo? How were Asian women impacted by the Page Act and Exclusion Acts? And by Japanese Internment? What are the stories of resistance and fighting back? Focusing on stories of heroism doesn’t always do a good job of understanding the forces that cause invisibility. If LessonsinHerstory seeks to make women more visible in history / Herstory, it needs to reconsider how invisibilization happens, and how to tell the stories of resistance without falling into the easy tropes of what a hero / shero looks like.

LessonsinHerstory is amazing and I am so glad to have found it because o had no idea how little we learn about historical women in school and this is also great because I love reading about women throughout history but a lot of the women in LessonsinHerstory I have never heard of so it’s really great they these incredible people are getting even a little recognition 😄😄😄

It’s absolutely gorgeous but so disappointing! I launched it and cannot figure out how to scan! The only option I have is “don’t have a textbook”... but I DO have the History of US series! Including book 5, which I know is the only book used right now. I just don’t know how to get LessonsinHerstory to scan, since there’s nothing on the screen to do anything!

If I’m doing something wrong, I’d love to here what because I LOVE the idea of LessonsinHerstory and it’s illustrations are fantastic! I want it to work! I’m happy to change my review once it works!

Ok I love this game, but I do have two requests. One, PUT Ruth Bader Ginsburg on LessonsinHerstory ! She has an AWESOME story, and more people should know Herstory (Ok sorry for the cheesy joke.). Two, you don’t have to, but, add more women. No more requests it really is an AMAZING app! Thank you for reading this and thank you for making LessonsinHerstory! -Me (I’m not sharing my name)

I really love LessonsinHerstory . I want to share herstories to my Instagram but LessonsinHerstory completely crashes after I click the button. My friend is also seeing the same issue. iPhone SE (1st gen) running iOS 13.3.1.

LessonsinHerstory is good for information but most of the curriculum of schools doesn’t focus on women of the past. I believe that children should learn the same amount of women and men history. I like how you can search women and click on them to learn info. LessonsinHerstory glitches sometimes but this can be easily fixed with updates for bugs

I used LessonsinHerstory sharing Women’s little know contributions to society on three social media accounts that I administer for organizations during #WomensHistoryMonth. I found it easy to use, eye catching, and clever.
I have recommended it to friends who teach.

I really love LessonsinHerstory! It is so inspiring! One note I have is that when I try to share the profiles, it crashes. Hopefully it can get fixed!

I saw this on LessonsinHerstory Store and I thought it looked like an awesome game. I got it and was very happy to see that it was free. I opened LessonsinHerstory and it goes to a “did you know” page. Then it freezes. I click stuff and nothing happens. It doesn’t load at all. In all very unhappy ☹️

would definitely recommend!! i learned about so many people who i didn’t even know existed bro. i enjoy LessonsinHerstory so much

I love LessonsinHerstory so very much it tells stories about wonderful women! But there are not enough women! I can think of Susan B Anthony, Rosa Parks, Amelia Earhart, and Elizabeth Cady Stanton. These are very important people! These people started a movement for women and African Americans!

I like reading quick references about Herstory. I would love to see Ruth Bader Ginsburg added and Jane Addams who is the mother of social work and won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1931.

LessonsinHerstory seems really cool! I love this idea and the information shared!!

I’m also seriously missing Tracey Africa Norman, Andrea Jenkins, Miss Major, and Lavern Cox. Hopefully there will be updates shortly!

This is amazing. My daughter loved, she spend a lot of time playing with LessonsinHerstory and learning about the forgotten women in history.

Does LessonsinHerstory only work with certain pictures? I enjoyed the section where you do not have to take a picture, but I have not been able to scan a picture and have tried multiple textbooks.

LessonsinHerstory is gorgeous but I can’t figure out how to scan?..! Could you please make it clear so I can use LessonsinHerstory properly?

Whenever I tap share Herstory LessonsinHerstory closes.

LessonsinHerstory and its idea is absolutely amazing!!! But the thing is, I can’t share it due to some stupid glitch! This really annoys me because I want to add it on my story on Instagram and share it with the world, but whenever I click the button, it makes me leave LessonsinHerstory , the even more annoying part, is that I know that I probably I won’t get a response from LessonsinHerstory ’s developers because and this most likely won’t get fixed for a while.

The developers have done a fantastic job of creating a tool that helps us imagine women on different points of history. The potrait tracking is awesome and the knowledge shared of each woman is an awesome bonus. I've shown this to everyone I know!

As a teenager, which my opinion won’t matter, I am here to say as a female that LessonsinHerstory could be doing more harm that help. Hear me out, LessonsinHerstory replaces the male figures presented and replaces them with females. This could just make matters worse in the long run. Yes it is teaching important facts but it could seem as if you are trying yet again to make us seem more superior over men. Now I am just talking about the AR mode.

My daughter is 8 and we've been using LessonsinHerstory a couple of years. It provides an endless amount of stories during a time when reading is very formative for her.

I love LessonsinHerstory, covers the abstract as well as the common knowledge. May need improved UI and for an app telling woman's history I would imagine much more Asian stories in all categories.. Good job and improve it..

This is not just a cool app, it’s an important statement! Such a great idea, smoothly executed. Really fun to share with people. Tried with two poitraits, didn’t capture both at the same time, which would be a neat thing to add.

I think its both as interesting for men as it us for women. Some improvements could be done on the news feeds in LessonsinHerstory though. Great content and the way u can know story of a woman by scanning a man! Totally in love!

I was reading far frail and the books were very good. Me and my family love to read them. I love to read once every day it really helps me improve with my reading skills

I downloaded LessonsinHerstory for my little sister and she could nearly read when she started but now, she loves it and can read really good!

I bought LessonsinHerstory as a teaching tool for for 3 year old grandson. It has helped him tremendously. Now My great granddaughter is benefiting from the same way.