Warrior Queens and Quiet Revolutionaries
By Kate Mosse

History, completed.'A must-have for history lovers and feminists' -and GlamourMoving, illuminating and deeply personal,and Warrior Queens andamp; Quiet Revolutionariesand is for anyone who has ever questioned how history is made.In this alternative and inspiring history, Kate Mosse shines a light on nearly 1,000 women from across the globe whose names and achievements deserve to be celebrated, not forgotten:Rachel Carson, mother of the modern environmental movementEthel Smyth, unheralded British composer and virtuosoAnne Bonny, legendary eighteenth-century pirate and roguePauli Murray, ground-breaking US civil rights activist and lawyerSophia Jex-Blake, pioneering nineteenth-century doctorDoria Shafik, Egyptian poet and women's liberation leaderCornelia Sorabji, trailblazing Indian women's rights campaignerShirley Chisholm, the first female US presidential candidateAnd as she researches the lives of these ground-breaking women, Kate embarks on a detective story to uncover a forgotten literary superstar in her own family, reflecting the desire of so many people to trace their own roots . . .'Don't miss this' - Natalie Haynes, bestselling author ofand Pandora's Jarand andand Stone Blind'Excellent . . . Bursting with extraordinary women' - Anita Anand, broadcaster and author ofand The Patient Assassin A spectacular work of synthesis, scholarship and love' - Kate Williams, historian and author ofand Rival Queens'A powerful panorama of the extraordinary achievements of a wonderful cast of women - both famous and hidden - down the millennia' - Jonathan Phillips, historian and author ofand The Life andamp; Legend of the Sultan Saladin