Digging deeper into the pantheon of pioneering females, The Roaring Girls highlights the inspiring tales of women all but neglected by conventional history. Written with pace and brio, Kyte’s rumbustious group biography uncovers some extraordinary narratives of formidable feminist trailblazers, from rebel slaves to queer adventurers.
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 seventeenth century to rebel slave Mary Prince and adventurer, industrialist and LGBT trailblazer Anne Lister in the nineteenth, these diverse characters redefined what a woman could be and what she could do in pre-twentieth-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.
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
ISBN: 9780008266080
Number of pages: 464
Weight: 720 g
Dimensions: 240 x 159 x 41 mm
'An extraordinary, vivacious account of eight remarkable invisible women whose stories were crying out to be heard.’ Paula Byrne ‘Extraordinary’ Woman&Home ‘Brilliant…Gung-ho girl power’ Simple Things magazine ‘Terrific!’ Diane Atkinson ‘Joyful, energetic, meticulously researched’ Professor Vivien Gardner, University of Manchester ‘A really fascinating book that delves deep and proves that history is populated by unconventional women who’s stories often go untold.’ RED Online ‘Pulls back the curtain on women’s history to tell eight extraordinary tales of courage and determination over 300 years’. S magazine ‘A bold and thought-provoking read’ CANDIS ‘Roaring Girls is a slice of inspiration from pre-20th century Britain’ Tatler
Thank you to Net Galley for sending me a copy in exchange for a honest review.
This book is an intriguing look into the lives and deeds of 8 seemingly unknown pioneering women who in some form or another, brought...
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3.5 stars
Was an interesting read. It just didn’t capture my attention as much as I would have liked.
Again... another important read on the strength and power of women!!!
I loved Roaring Girls. Holly Kyte writes in such an engaging way, and she has chosen the stories of eight fascinating women to tell. She re-examines the lives of Mary Frith (aka original roaring girl 'Moll... More
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