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Book Details:
Price:
€12.95
Binding: pb
Pages: 368
Size: 196x130mm
ISBN-10 0-86278-780-7
ISBN-13 978-0-86278-780-6
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Rights held:
World, all languages.
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From patriots to pirates, warriors to writers, and mistresses to male impersonators, this book looks at the unorthodox lives of inspiring Irish women.
In times when women were expected to marry and have children, they travelled the world and sought out adventures; in times when women were expected to be seen and not heard, they spoke out in loud voices against oppression; in times when women were expected to have no interest in politics, literature, art, or the world outside the home, they used every creative means available to give expression to their thoughts, ideas and beliefs.
In a series of succinct and often amusing biographies, Marian Broderick tells the life stories of these exceptional Irish women.
Extracts available: read some of this book now ...
Contents list: see all the Wild Women!
The Great Pretenders: three women who disguised themselves as men to get by in a man's world
Praise for Wild Irish Women
'relieves what historian Margaret Ward has called our "collective amnesia" about women's place ... enjoyable' googlebooks.com
'After reading this book, one can never again ignore the role of Irishwomen' Dublin Historical Record
'Marian Broderick should take a bow for resurrecting
an eclectic body of Irish women's history -- the good, the bad and the ugly, as well as the international beauties' Justine McCarthy, Irish Independent
'Before reading this I hadn't heard of half the women, now I will dip into this book to read again and again about the remarkable women
who helped to shape Éire' Women's News
'A rollicking read' Books Ireland
'Broderick's prose is simple and accessible ... and her fascination with her two favourite subjects - Irish history and women's studies - jumps out from every page' Sunday Business Post
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