{"product_id":"9781526137111","title":"Rebel women between the wars","description":"Author: Sarah Lonsdale\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781526137111\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Manchester University Press\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 01 Jan 2021\u003cbr\u003ePages: 432\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Hardback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn inspiring group biography of thirteen intrepid women who challenged the status quo in interwar Britain.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat did it mean to be a 'rebel woman' in the interwar years? Historian Sarah Lonsdale traces the struggles, passions and achievements of a set of fearlessly determined women who stopped at nothing to make their mark in the traditionally masculine environments of mountaineering, politics, engineering and journalism.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the motorist Claudia Parsons to the 'star' reporter Margaret Lane, the mountaineer Dorothy Pilley and the journalist Shiela Grant Duff, the women charted in this book challenged the status quo in all walks of life, alongside writing vivid, eye-witness accounts of their adventures.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRecovering their voices across a range of texts, including novels, poems, journalism and diaries, \u003ci\u003eRebel women between the wars\u003c\/i\u003e reveals the inch-by-inch gains these women won through courageous and sometimes controversial acts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Truly inspiring reading.'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e Daily Express\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e (Books of the Year 2020)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Lonsdale's subjects are [...] pioneering journalists who weaponise words to attack the citadels of the Establishment. This, with their energy, is what draws them together.'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46680735678622,"sku":"ADS-9781526137111","price":79.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781526137111.jpg?v=1775544643","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781526137111","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}