Difficult Women: A History of Feminism in 11 Fights by Helen Lewis

Difficult Women: A History of Feminism in 11 Fights

Helen Lewis

368 pages first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction feminism history reflective medium-paced

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Well-behaved women don’t make history: difficult women do. Feminism’s success is down to complicated, contradictory, imperfect women, who fought each other as well as fighting for equal rights. Helen Lewis argues that too many of these pioneers ha...

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