{"product_id":"9781529370027-bluestockings","title":"Bluestockings","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe First Women's Movement\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA captivating biography of the Bluestockings, revealing the lives and the legacy of this circle of women intellectuals who blazed a trail through eighteenth-century Britain.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNEW YORKER \u003c\/i\u003eAND \u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e BOOK OF THE YEAR \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Sophisticated, rich and skilful . highlights the extraordinary place these women carved out for themselves against the odds' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew Statesman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Remarkable\u003c\/b\u003e . \u003cb\u003eThe Bluestockings bust out of the pages with unmistakable glee . their complexity and individuality shine through' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eBBC History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Spirited, lively and scholarly'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eLiterary Review\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e'\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eA story of sisterhood and empowerment' \u003c\/b\u003ePHILIPPA GREGORY\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn Britain in the 1750s, women had no power and no rights - all money and property belonged to their fathers or husbands. A brave group risked everything to think and live as they wished, despite the sneers of contemporaries who argued that books frazzled female brains and damaged their wombs. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMeet the Bluestockings:  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eELIZABETH MONTAGU hosted a series of glittering salons in her London drawing room, where a circle of women and men discussed theatre, philosophy and the classics, competing to outdo each other in wit and brilliance. Discover how she took on Voltaire and won. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhilst nursing twelve children and helping run her bullying husband's brewery, HESTER THRALE took key writers under her wing - Dr Johnson moved into her house for several years. Her vivid diaries offer a powerful chronicle of what happened when she finally decided to follow her heart.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFind out how poetess and former milkmaid ANN YEARSLEY fought back when her snobbish patron refused to hand over her earnings because she was working class and thus irresponsible . \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOr how CATHERINE MACAULEY's eight volume history of England caused such a sensation that she became a leading light in the American Revolution - while her unorthodox love-life scandalised her contemporaries .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this brilliant book, Susannah Gibson explores the lives and legacies of these and other figures who went on to inspire writers and thinkers from Mary Wollstonecraft to Virginia Woolf and lead the way for feminism. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBluestockings\u003c\/i\u003e: the unexpected and inspiring stories of the forgotten heroines of Britain's very first women's movement.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41801813426273,"sku":"9781529370027","price":8.38,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_31387365.jpg?v=1740504427","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781529370027-bluestockings","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}