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Warrior Queens & Quiet Revolutionaries

By Kate Mosse

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Warrior Queens & Quiet Revolutionaries

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History, completed. 'A must-have for history lovers and feminists' - Glamour Moving, illuminating and deeply personal, Warrior Queens & Quiet Revolutionaries is for anyone who has ever questioned how history is made. In this alternative and inspiring history, Kate Mosse shines a light on nearly 1,000 women from across the globe whose names and achievements deserve to be celebrated, not forgotten:- Rachel Carson, mother of the modern environmental movement- Ethel Smyth, unheralded British composer and virtuoso- Anne Bonny, legendary eighteenth-century pirate and rogue- Pauli Murray, ground-breaking US civil rights activist and lawyer- Sophia Jex-Blake, pioneering nineteenth-century doctor- Doria Shafik, Egyptian poet and women's liberation leader- Cornelia Sorabji, trailblazing Indian women's rights campaigner- Shirley Chisholm, the first female US presidential candidate And as she researches the lives of these ground-breaking women, Kate embarks on a detective story to uncover a forgotten literary superstar in her own family, reflecting the desire of so many people to trace their own roots . . . 'Excellent . . . Bursting with extraordinary women' - Anita Anand, broadcaster and author of The Patient Assassin 'A spectacular work of synthesis, scholarship and love' - Kate Williams, historian and author of Rival Queens 'A powerful panorama of the extraordinary achievements of a wonderful cast of women - both famous and hidden - down the millennia' - Jonathan Phillips, historian and author of The Life & Legend of the Sultan Saladin
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
418
Release Date:
2022-10-13
Publication Date:
2022-10-13
Publisher:
Pan Macmillan
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
1529092205
ISBN13:
9781529092202
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Minimum Reading Age:
18
Weight:
532 g
Height:
150 cm
Width:
233 cm
Thickness:
33 cm

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