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 movementEthel Smyth, unheralded British composer and virtuosoAnne Bonny, legendary eighteenth-century pirate and roguePauli Murray, ground-breaking US civil rights activist and lawyerSophia Jex-Blake, pioneering nineteenth-century doctorDoria Shafik, Egyptian poet and women?s liberation leaderCornelia Sorabji, trailblazing Indian women?s rights campaignerShirley Chisholm, the first female US...
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