I have to say that this was a really one of a kind book to get. I bought this last year at the National Book Festival and was intrigued by it once I took a look inside. The graphic art pops and the stories are wonderful. I actually wanted even more information than I got once I got done with this.

I would say that you may want to read this over a couple of days/months. Trying to read it straight through like a book doesn't work. The table of contents that is included will allow you to jump around too. Some of the women that Bagieu goes into our queens, an empress, I think my favorite story was about Giorgina Reid, a lighthouse keeper.

The writing was great and to the point and the graphics were wonderful. 

There is no epilogue per se, but Bagieu does a strip that shows her life and how her comics became a book and how she left Paris. Very cute. 

Loved this book so much! It's hard to read through one sitting. I would suggest you take your time with it. 

Really enjoying the stories and the illustrations in this! So far my favorite story is about Queen Nzinga who fought against the Portuguese.

Here are some illustrations.