100 Nasty Women of History
Books | Biography & Autobiography / Women
3.5
(51)
Hannah Jewell
'Vital reading' STYLIST '...hooting with laughter - what a swashbuckler that Hannah Jewell is' MARINA HYDE 'Because 100 Nasty Women is so easy to read and witty, I didn't expect it to be the life changing, important book that I'm discovering it to be' PHILIPPA PERRY 'A fantastic addition to your feminist library and historical knowledge.' ANN SHEN, author of Bad Girls Throughout History * * * * * * 100 fascinating and brilliantly written stories about history's bravest, baddest but little known 'nasty' women from across the world. These are the women who were deemed too nasty for their times, too nasty to be recognised, too nasty to be paid for their work and sometimes too nasty to be allowed to live. When you learn about women in history, they're often made out to be shining, glittering souls. But when you hear about these Bold-Yet-Morally-Irreproachable Women of History who were 100% Pure and Good(tm), you're probably not being told the best bits of her life. You probably missed the part where she: Slept around Wore men's clothes Crashed planes Led a revolution Terrorised the seven seas Wrote ~sensual poetry~ Punched a Nazi (metaphorically, but not always) These are the women you've probably never heard of, but should. Take these stories and tell them to your friends, because everyone should know about the nasty women from history who gave zero f*cks whatsoever. These are the 100 Nasty Women of History you need to know about.
AD
Buy now:
More Details:
Author
Hannah Jewell
Pages
438
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Published Date
2020-02-20
ISBN
1473671248 9781473671249
Community ReviewsSee all
"I'm going to put this onto my DNF shelf for now because I don't want to waste my time on this.<br/><br/>The premise sounded great – I mean who doesn't want to read about badass women – but it was just a bunch of rambling without any facts with the authors opinions constantly getting shoved down your throat. But honestly what did I expect? The first red flag was the fact that the author is from BuzzFeed... So I'm disappointed but not surprised. <br/><br/>If I want to read a book which doesn't give you facts and likes to colour and bend the stories based on assumptions as well as telling you how ****** all men are then go ahead I won't stop you, but if you want something more based on facts and in depth then you may want to look for another book instead of this one."