{"product_id":"9781529092233","title":"Warrior Queens \u0026 Quiet Revolutionaries : How Women (Also) Built the World","description":"\u003cp\u003e Author(s): Mosse, Kate \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Paperback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 30\/01\/2025,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 432 pages,\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9781529092233,\u003cbr\u003e Description: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHistory, completed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'A must-have for history lovers and feminists' – GlamourMoving, illuminating and deeply personal, Warrior Queens \u0026amp; Quiet Revolutionaries is for anyone who has ever questioned how history is made.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 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 presidential candidateAnd 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 . . .\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'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 \u0026amp; Legend of the Sultan Saladin\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Griffin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54882505032053,"sku":"9781529092233","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0379\/1365\/7388\/files\/9781529092233.jpg?v=1734433586","url":"https:\/\/www.griffinbooksonline.co.uk\/products\/9781529092233","provider":"Griffin Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}