Difficult Women

Name: Difficult Women
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SKU: 9781784709730
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A History of Feminism in 11 Fights (The Sunday Times Bestseller)

By Helen Lewis

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Difficult Women by Helen Lewis is an engaging exploration of pioneering women throughout history who upset social norms and defied expectations to bring about meaningful change. Through a series of compelling narratives, Lewis highlights the challenges faced and the courage needed by these trailblazers as they fought battles for equality and progress. An illuminating journey into the lives of the intrepid women who dared to make a difference.
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This book may appeal to you if you are interested in exploring the remarkable yet complex histories of women who dared to defy societal norms throughout the past century. It sheds light on the lesser-known figures and the significant impact they had on movements for women's rights, blending sharp wit with insightful historical analysis. If you appreciate stories of resilience and tenacity within the context of history and military, this book could provide an engaging perspective.

Difficult Women

Well-behaved women don't make history: difficult women do.

'This is the antidote to saccharine you-go-girl fluff.

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The imperfect and unfinished story of the battles for women's rights, and of the complicated women who fought them.

Well-behaved women don't make history — difficult women do.

This is the antidote to saccharine you-go-girl fluff. Effortlessly erudite and funny — Caroline Criado-Perez

Strikers in saris. Bomb-throwing suffragettes. The pioneer of the refuge movement who became a men's rights activist.

Forget feel-good heroines — meet the feminist trailblazers who have been airbrushed from history for being 'difficult' — and discover how they made a difference.

Here are their stories in all their shocking, funny and unvarnished glory.

Shortlisted in the 2020 Parliamentary Book Awards

All the history you need to understand why you're so furious, angry and still hopeful about being a woman now. A book that is part intellectual weapon in your handbag, part cocktail with a friend — Caitlin Moran

Compulsive, rigorous, unforgettable, hilarious and devastating — Hadley Freeman

A great manifesto for all those women who have never been very good at being well-behaved. — Mary Beard

Difficult Women is full of vivid detail, jam-packed with research and fizzing with provocation — Sunday Times

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Helen Lewis' Difficult Women is praised for its humorous and insightful take on feminism, offering a collection of compelling essays rather than a traditional history. Reviewers appreciate its smart, detailed narrative that combines personal anecdotes with broader societal issues. The book is celebrated for its wit and sharp political observations, presenting complex women in a nuanced light.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781784709730

Publisher: Vintage Publishing

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 04 March 2021

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Vintage

Audience: General / adult, Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 22.0mm

Width: 128.0mm

Height: 197.0mm

Weight: 257g

Pages: 368

Collections

Education & Reference European History Helen Lewis History & Military Non-Fiction Penguin Books Politics & Current Affairs

About the Author

Helen Lewis is a staff writer at the Atlantic, and a former deputy editor of the New Statesman. She has written for the Guardian, Sunday Times, New York Times and Vogue. She is a regular host of BBC Radio 4's Week in Westminster, a regular panellist on the News Quiz and Saturday Review, and a paper reviewer on The Andrew Marr Show. She was the 2018/19 Women in the Humanities Honorary Writing Fellow at Oxford University. She tweets at @helenlewis

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