Tells the story of the indomitable and irrepressible Mary Neal and her suffragette collaborators in the Morris dance revival – Lady Constance Lytton, Evelyn Sharp, Mabel Tuke, Emmeline Pethick-Lawrence, Laurence Housman, Lady Isabel Margesson and the young women of the Esperance Club.
We are not all born with equal opportunities. Yet there have been countless of women who have overcome a range of barriers such as prejudice, illness, and personal tragedy to advance our understanding of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM).
The 1857 Divorce Act paved the way for a new career for women: that of the private detective. To divorce, you needed proof of adultery - and men soon realized that women were adept at infiltrating households...
by Lynne Graham-Matheson and Helen Matheson-Pollock
Price: $29.95
ISBN: 9781526767417
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Pub Date: 2020-11-23
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Pen and Sword History
224 Pages
Charlotte Despard, social reformer and suffragette, was always known as Mrs Despard, never Charlotte. Her name should be synonymous with those of Emmeline Pankhurst and Millicent Fawcett; instead, she remains overlooked.
Jane Eyre, Wuthering Heights, The Tenant of Wildfell Hall... these fictional masterpieces are all recognized as landmarks of English Literature. Still inspirational and challenging to readers today,...
Aristocrat Lady Charlotte Bertie navigated a surprising and adventurous life marked by familiar disapproval, business acumen, and a transformative second marriage leaving behind a legacy of industrial...
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