Bluestockings
The First Women's Movement
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Narrated by:
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Fenella Fudge
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Susannah Gibson
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'Remarkable . . . The Bluestockings bust out of the pages with unmistakable glee . . . their complexity and individuality shine through' BBC History
'Spirited, lively and scholarly' Literary Review
'A story of sisterhood and empowerment' PHILIPPA GREGORY
In Britain in the 1750s, women had no power and no rights - all money and property belonged to their fathers or husbands. A brave group risked everything to think and live as they wished, despite the sneers of contemporaries who argued that books frazzled female brains and damaged their wombs.
Meet the Bluestockings:
ELIZABETH MONTAGU hosted a series of glittering salons in her London drawing room, where a circle of women and men discussed theatre, philosophy and the classics, competing to outdo each other in wit and brilliance. Discover how she took on Voltaire and won.
Whilst nursing twelve children and helping run her bullying husband's brewery, HESTER THRALE took key writers under her wing - Dr Johnson moved into her house for several years. Her vivid diaries offer a powerful chronicle of what happened when she finally decided to follow her heart.
Find out how poetess and former milkmaid ANN YEARSLEY fought back when her snobbish patron refused to hand over her earnings because she was working class and thus irresponsible . . .
Or how CATHERINE MACAULEY's eight volume history of England caused such a sensation that she became a leading light in the American Revolution - while her unorthodox love-life scandalised her contemporaries . . .
In this brilliant book, Susannah Gibson explores the lives and legacies of these and other figures who went on to inspire writers and thinkers from Mary Wollstonecraft to Virginia Woolf and lead the way for feminism.
Bluestockings: the unexpected and inspiring stories of the forgotten heroines of Britain's very first women's movement.©2024 Susannah Gibson (P)2024 Hodder & Stoughton Limited
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- Eleb
- 27-10-24
Excellent retelling of the lives and times of these women
Lively, engaging and detailed account of the world of these women and how they connected to each other and to famous names of the time. The impact of these women on Mary Wollstonecraft in particular and on later generations of women writers is astutely recognised. The narration by Fenella Fudge is fabulous - clear and expressive.
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- Corvicula
- 15-04-24
So joyful, interesting and reflective
Reading this book feels like being right there in the middle of all the Bluestockings, with their stories, successes and tragedies. What a wonderful way to immerse yourself in history! There are so many parallels to today and it puts women's movements in much better context for me.
The narration is brilliant and so fitting for this book. I'd recommend this book wholeheartedly.
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- Kindle Customer
- 25-07-24
A Beautiful Account of the lives of the Bluestockings.
A fascinating telling of the lives of these remarkable and very interesting women. Very well researched and beautifully told by Susannah Gibson.
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- Dr. Sebastian M Jones
- 14-07-24
Clarity of thought. Fast moving.
A remarkable book that introduces the extraordinary movement of women and charts their osmosis into a Women’s Movement. A subject of history all too little presented and studied. Would highly recommend this work. The author is to be applauded.
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