{"product_id":"the-womens-history-of-the-modern-world-how-radicals-rebels-and-everywomen-revolutionized-the-last-200-years-isbn-9780062444035","title":"The Women's History of the Modern World: How Radicals, Rebels, and Everywomen Revolutionized the Last 200 Years","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe\u003cbr\u003e internationally bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eWho Cooked the Last Supper?\u003c\/em\u003e presents a wickedly witty and very current\u003cbr\u003e history of the extraordinary female rebels, reactionaries, and trailblazers\u003cbr\u003e who left their mark on history from the French Revolution up to the present\u003cbr\u003e day.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003eNow\u003cbr\u003eis the time for a new women’s history—for the famous, infamous, and unsung\u003cbr\u003ewomen to get their due—from the Enlightenment to the #MeToo movement.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRecording the important milestones in the birth of the modern\u003cbr\u003efeminist movement and the rise of women into greater social, economic, and\u003cbr\u003epolitical power, Miles takes us through through a colorful pageant of\u003cbr\u003eastonishing women, from heads of state like Empress Cixi, Eugenia Charles,\u003cbr\u003eIndira Gandhi, Jacinda Ardern, and Ellen Johnson Sirleaf to political\u003cbr\u003erainmakers Kate Sheppard, Carrie Chapman Catt, Anna Stout, Dorothy Height,\u003cbr\u003eShirley Chisholm, Winnie Mandela, STEM powerhouses Jocelyn Bell Burnell,\u003cbr\u003eRosalind Franklin, Sophia Kovalevskaya, Marie Curie, and Ada Lovelace, revolutionaries Olympe de Gouges, Harriet Tubman, Sojourner Truth, Patyegarang, and writer\/intellectuals\u003cbr\u003eMary Wollstonecraft, Simon de Beauvoir, Elaine Morgan, and Germaine Greer. Women\u003cbr\u003ein the arts, women in sports, women in business, women in religion, women in\u003cbr\u003epolitics—this is a one-stop roundup of the tremendous progress women have made\u003cbr\u003ein the modern era.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA testimony to how women have persisted—and excelled—this is a\u003cbr\u003esmart and stylish popular history for all readers.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e“One of the best books on women’s history. . . detailed, witty, balanced, and inexorable…Splendid!” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eA.S Byatt\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Since Miles looks back in anger it is fortunate she also possesses a sense of humor....Her book has been written to alleviate a genuine injustice, the ignoring of women’s roles in history.”  - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAntonia Fraser\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Rosalind Miles has rescued from obscurity women of astonishing ability, courage, and determination. This is an exuberant book…an inspiration.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Bent on setting the record straight, Miles offers a keen and passionate look at women's contributions to civilizations from hunter-gatherer societies to the present, shining a spotlight into neglected corners as well as on familiar figures: who knew, for example, that Florence Nightingale defied a military commander and, wielding a hammer, broke into a locked storeroom after he refused to give her medical supplies? Readers will delight in this rebel-rousing read.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“With her sharp and satirical feel for language, Miles sets light to some of history’s enduring images and watches them crackle.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew Society\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Novelist and historian Miles (coauthor, \u003cem\u003eWarrior Women\u003c\/em\u003e) spotlights “rebel women” from the past two centuries in this brisk and freewheeling history . . . an energetic and enthusiastic survey of feminist boundary pushing.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublisher’s Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Herstory with a dash of sarcasm and a wide global and chronological reach.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"William Morrow Paperbacks","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44889398706405,"sku":"NP9780062444035","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780062444035.jpg?v=1730231166","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-womens-history-of-the-modern-world-how-radicals-rebels-and-everywomen-revolutionized-the-last-200-years-isbn-9780062444035","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}