Billed as a US history of prominent women in the occult from 19th century mediums to present day social media witches. The book is broken down into five approaches to the occult: women who first presented occult ideas into mainstream society; women using the occult to introduce political change; women who used occult tools to earn income; the skeptics who challenged the occult; and present day practices and ideas about the occult.

What I enjoyed: the authors talked about the evolution of occult ideas to the present day version inclusive of different races and genders. I appreciated the explanation of how under-represented groups use the occult to influence social and political change, and there was a balanced perspective highlighting positive and negative impacts of occult movements and waves of popularity.

Now for the not-so-good: the book was not organized chronologically so there was a lot of jumping around in time periods, which makes it quite confusing to place notable figures on a timeline. The authors also tried to include too many figures and, while I appreciate the effort to be thorough, there was an overwhelming amount of biographical information about numerous women. The material lacked unifying themes which made the reading experience fragmented and rather dry. Ultimately not one of my favourites about witchcraft.