Miscellaneous
In our first episode we’ll meet Clementina Black, Rachel and Margaret McMillan, Beatrice Webb, Lydia Becker, Sara Forbes Bonetta, and Queen Victoria, amongst many others. Through their stories we’ll explore nineteenth century politics: a time when it was a game played almost entirely by men – old men at that – and how the winds of change had started to whistle in the early 20th century. We’ll talk about the representation of black women from this period; how the virtuous militancy that had powered protest groups was increasingly being harnessed by social reformers; and the incredible story of how women came together to fight for greater rights in the workplace, on the streets, and in the home over the course of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. 'Bloody Brilliant Women: The Pioneers, Revolutionaries and Geniuses Your History Teacher Forgot to Mention' is available in paperback from Waterstones (po.st/BloodyBrilliantWomenWS) and Amazon (po.st/BloodyBrilliantWomen ), audiobook (http://po.st/iTunesBrilliantWomenAudio) and eBook (http://po.st/iTunesBrilliantWomenE) from Apple Books. Cathy Newman (Twitter): @cathynewman Cathy Newman (Instagram): cathynewmanc4 William Collins: @WmCollinsBooks