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Difficult Women : A History Of Feminism In 11 Fights
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The first book by the acclaimed journalist Helen Lewis - the imperfect and unfinished story of the battles for women's rights.
Difficult Women tells the brief -- and unfinished -- history of modern feminism through nine emblematic struggles for women's rights. As well as reappraising the fight for the right to vote, Helen Lewis explores lesser-known battles for the rights to abortion, divorce, and equal pay, and also the right to be heard, to be educated, and to love.
Drawing on archival research and interviews with many of the key players, Lewis shines a light on these untold stories and show that the bumpy road to equal rights has been built by difficult, imperfect women. Women don't only deserve equal rights if they are 'good', she argues, and the story of feminism deserves better than to be turned into a hunt for inspirational heroines.
Difficult Women is a major new contribution to the feminist debate, a compelling narrative history, and a battle cry for difficult women (and men) everywhere.
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Difficult Women tells the brief -- and unfinished -- history of modern feminism through nine emblematic struggles for women's rights. As well as reappraising the fight for the right to vote, Helen Lewis explores lesser-known battles for the rights to abortion, divorce, and equal pay, and also the right to be heard, to be educated, and to love.
Drawing on archival research and interviews with many of the key players, Lewis shines a light on these untold stories and show that the bumpy road to equal rights has been built by difficult, imperfect women. Women don't only deserve equal rights if they are 'good', she argues, and the story of feminism deserves better than to be turned into a hunt for inspirational heroines.
Difficult Women is a major new contribution to the feminist debate, a compelling narrative history, and a battle cry for difficult women (and men) everywhere.
Pages : 352
Publisher : Jonathan Cape
Publication date : 2020-03-03
Subjects: Non-fiction, Humanities, Social Sciences, History, Sociology, Feminism & Feminist Theory, Gender Studies: Women