(Side note: I understand that the inventor of shapewear is an amazing self-made entrepreneur but I didn’t need the game instructions to praise it by saying, “Talk about a confidence boost!” Ugh.) Each card not only lists the property value, with and without “Headquarters” (as houses/hotels are now called), it lists on the reverse the female inventor and date of release of the invention they created, along with a short history. I knew without thinking about it that a woman invented shapewear, but did you know that a woman invented the bulletproof vest? I sure didn’t, and my eldest son was beyond impressed. Instead of investing in real estate, you pony up your cash for an influential product or scientific concept invented by a woman. Monopoly has a really inspiring and educational board.

And boy, did we have some thoughts about it as we did.įirst? The good news. Since it is virtually impossible to gather four extremely busy people together to play a rather endless game, even a family as tight knit as ours, it took weeks for us to set up the board. Monopoly debuted this fall amidst a hubbub of noise about whether the game was the feminist statement it was supposed to be or whether it made light out of truly serious issues regarding women in the workplace, I bought the game to test it out. I consider my husband and myself to be feminists, and we are doing our best to raise two sons who believe wholeheartedly in equal rights for women.

Ms monopoly