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
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Warrior Queens & Quiet Revolutionaries 9781529092196 Hardback
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Warrior Queens & Quiet Revolutionaries
A useful and comprehensive list of a huge number of significant women from across the world and through time.
- Authors:
- Mosse, Kate
- Year Published:
- 2022
- Country of Publication:
- United Kingdom
- Format:
- Hardback
- ISBN:
- 9781529092196
- Number of Pages:
- 432
- Publication Date:
- 13/10/2022
- Publisher:
- Pan Macmillan
- Place of Publication:
- London
- Language:
- English
- SKU:
- 9781529092196