The Truth about Women: 23 Questions Every Conservative Should Be Able to Answer About Women by Kimberly Begg; Clare Boothe Luce Center for Conservative Women (2026), 65 pp.
What is a woman? This compact guide answers this question from twenty-three perspectives.
In an age of gender confusion and ever-changing social roles, Kimberly Begg clears the air with simple and powerful answers, not only defining a woman but considering the vital importance of women in our society, in the present and in the future. Thus, we of every age and generation must create communities of support for women who value who and what they are and are meant to be, as mothers, grandmothers, and contributors to our society of freedom.
Kimberly Begg references Holy Scripture – creation and redemption of mankind, and how the Fall caused a distortion of our true purpose. She discusses our unique feminine virtues to be prized and not denied. She brings in great thinkers over time – Aristotle, Shakespeare, and others. She considers the contributions by today’s women – Mary Harrington and Ericka Bachiochi – who define a “new feminism” that ensures respect for who women are meant to be.
Career and family need not be mutually exclusive. Each is a calling to be who we are meant to be. To be mothers to the next generation is our unique privilege and should not be squandered. To contribute in other ways, using the gifts given to each one of us, is also our unique privilege and responsibility. Both are uses of the talents given to us by our Creator, our very purpose here on Earth in our span of time.
Kimberly Begg considers the fall-out from the sexual revolution and women’s liberation. Who really benefits from sex without marriage and family? Where is love? Where is responsibility? History (and we have over sixty years of evidence) shows that men benefit; women are diminished. For today women are expected to be in intimate relationships without the protection that marriage provided in the past. Children become objects to be wanted or discarded. This is regressive policy, not progressive.
So what do women really want? Pick up this little book and find out. Short, concise, erudite, our author lifts us up to where we are meant to be – honored, valued, loved, to be the mothers of the next generation, also honored, valued, and loved. Most women want marriage and family, whether they admit it or not.
This little guide is a must read for all women, of all ages and persuasions, and for men too who just might be interested in who we are and what we want. Everyone should see clearly the role women play in our world and be able to answer these twenty-three questions, for, as Kimberly Begg writes, “At her best, a conservative woman is a keeper of what is true, what is good, and what is worth handing on to the next generation.” (59)
The Truth About Women is not only a great gift but a great book for discussion, in church or community. Thank you, Kimberly Begg!
Christine Sunderland, author of seven award-winning novels about faith, family, and freedom
Christine Sunderland
