Concise historical introduction to Josephine Butler and her continuing influence on the world and how we see it.
In 1869, when five women enrolled at university for the first time in British history, the average female brain was... Læs mere
Set against the background of the campaign for women to win the vote, this is a story of the ordinary people effecting extraordinary change.
This is the story of what happened next. Ladies Can't Climb Ladders focuses on the lives of six women - six pioneers - forging paths in the fields of medicine, law, academia, architecture, engineering and the church.
The 'Greatest Black Briton in History' triumphed over the Crimea and Victorian England. She became an independent 'doctress'... Læs mere
Only a generation or two ago, illegitimacy was one of the most shameful things that could happen in a family. This book reveals the secrets kept for entire lifetimes: long-silent voices from the workhouse, the Magdalene Laundry or the distant mother-and-baby home.