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Roaring Girls
- The Forgotten Feminists of British History
- Narrated by: Helen Keeley
- Length: 14 hrs and 2 mins
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Roaring Girls
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Publisher's Summary
A Roaring Girl was loud when she should be quiet, disruptive when she should be submissive, sexual when she should be pure, ‘masculine’ when she should be ‘feminine’.
Meet the unsung heroines of British history who refused to play by the rules.
Roaring Girls tells the game-changing life stories of eight formidable women whose grit, determination and radical unconventionality saw them defy the odds to forge their own paths.
From the notorious cross-dressing thief Mary Frith in the 17th century to rebel slave Mary Prince and adventurer, industrialist and LGBT trailblazer Anne Lister in the 19th, these diverse characters redefined what a woman could be and what she could do in pre-20th-century Britain.
Bold, inspiring and powerfully written, Roaring Girls tells the electrifying histories of women who, despite every effort to suppress them, dared to be extraordinary.
What the critics say
"Extraordinary." (Woman&Home)
"Brilliant.... Gung-ho girl power." (Simple Things magazine)
"A really fascinating book that delves deep and proves that history is populated by unconventional women who’s stories often go untold." (RED Online)