Holly Kyte

Between the 17th and the 19th Century the lives of women changed and this is a biography of eight women at the forefront of this change. Between them they are the authors of countless works but each had something unique about her that upset convention. From the cross-dressing Moll Cutpurse to the freed slave to the modern businesswoman to the unhappy wife trapped by law, each of these women shines in her own right as a poor-feminist.
Flyte has chosen a disparate group of women but each has an important tale to tell and each in some way led to the laws being changed or society's viewpoint being altered. Whilst most were famous in their lifetimes, their stories have been consigned to history only to be rediscovered here.… (altro)