The Bluestockings: A History of the First Women's Movement by Susannah Gibson Gibbs Smith As in his previous books

As in his previous books

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Pub Date: 2019 Format: Hardback Pages: 921 Size: 9

who not only found themselves in those strangely arranged pages but also discovered a way back into the lives of their estranged children

The Bluestockings: A History of the First Women's Movement by Susannah Gibson Gibbs Smith As in his previous booksIn England in the 1700s, a woman who was an intellectual, spoke out, or wrote professionally was considered unnatural. After all, as the wisdom of the era dictated, a clever woman if there were such a thing would never make a good wife. But a circle of women called the Bluestockings did something extraordinary: coming together in glittering salons to discuss and debate as intellectual equals with men, they fought for women to be educated and to have a