Wild Women (eBook)

Crusaders, Curmudgeons, and Completely Corsetless Ladies in the Otherwise Virtuous Victorian Era

Autumn Stephens (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2020
Mango Media (Verlag)
978-1-64250-365-4 (ISBN)

Infos

A delightful collection of 150 profiles of women who refused to confine themselves to the nineteenth-century Victorian model for proper womanhood.During the Victorian era, a woman’s pedestal was her prison . . . “Women should not be expected to write, or fight, or build, or compose scores. She does all by inspiring man to do all.” —Ralph Waldo Emerson “There is nothing more dangerous for a young woman than to rely chiefly upon her intellectual powers, her wit, her imagination, her fancy.” —Godey’s Lady’s Book magazineBut, scores of nineteenth-century American women chose to live life on their terms. In this book you will meet women who refused to remain on a Victorian pedestal. In San Francisco, a courtesan appeared as a plaintiff in court, suing her clients for fraud. In Montana, a laundress in her seventies decked a gentleman who refused to pay his bill. A forty-three-year-old schoolteacher plunged down Niagara Falls in a wooden barrel. A frail lighthouse keeper pulled twenty-two sinking sailors out of the ocean off Rhode Island. A pair of Colorado madams fought a public pistol duel over their mutual beau. Two lady lovebirds were legally wed in Michigan. An ad hoc abolitionist spirited away scores of slaves on the Underground Railroad. A Secessionist spy swallowed a secret message as she was arrested, claiming that no one could capture her soul.Featuring fifty black-and-white photos from the era.Perfect for fans of Women Who Run with the Wolves or Badass Affirmations.Praise for Wild Women“A fantastic read with unforgettable woman from across the world. I love this groundbreaking and fascinating book of wonderful women!” —Becca Anderson, author of The Book of Awesome Women

Inhalt

A Word to the Reader

Flamboyant Flirts and Lascivious Libertines
Tough Lovers and Fiery Sirens
Brazen Brides and Wicked Wives
Twisted Sisters and Mortifying Mothers
Maidens a la Mode
Hatchet Queens and Pistol Packers
Dreaded Desperados and Gutsy Gamblers
Radical Rescuers and Militant Feminists
Utterly Fearless Frontierswomen
Audacious Artists and Ad Hoc Architects
Shocking Scholars and Wanton Wordsmiths
Controversial Curers and Ingenious Invalids
Alarming Litigious Ladies
Outrageous Orators and Sassy Suffragists
Rabble Rousers and Muckrakers
Holy Terrors and Pope Perturbers
Shameless Exhibitionists and Notable Narcissists
Scandalous Socialites and Hellraising Heiresses
Southern Rebels and Capital Offenders
Totally Triumphant Travellers

Bibliography
Wild Woman Association

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 27.10.2020
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Comic / Humor / Manga
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik
• Themenwelt: Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Lexikon / Chroniken
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies
• Schlagworte: body boss • books for • compound effect • dances with • gender roles • gifts for • hearts invisible furies • subtle art of not giving • The Who • Universe Has Your Back • Victorian Era • victorian woman • Wolves • womanhood • woman wolves • women gifts • Wonder Woman • you are a badass
• ISBN-10: 1-64250-365-7 / 1642503657
• ISBN-13: 978-1-64250-365-4 / 9781642503654