The Greatest Women in History: The Remarkable Women Who Changed Our World by Catherine Curran, Phillipa Grafton, Alex Hoskins and Kim Winters
From Cleopatra, Mary Wollstonecraft and Florence Nightingale to Harriet Tubman, Frida Kahlo and Malala Yousafzai, women from all fields of endeavour and all eras have excelled despite the barriers they’ve had to overcome. Compiled by historical experts from the ‘All About History’ team, this is a celebration of just some of the inspirational women who put their mark on the world. It reveals their stories, accomplishments and adventures.
Voices of Powerful Women: 40 Inspirational Interviews by Zoe Sallis
This book encourages women everywhere to know they can achieve their greatest ambitions and help change the world for the better. From Nobel Peace Prize winners and humanitarians to entrepreneurs, musicians and artists, these women discuss their work, their achievements, their hopes and their fears. They offer inspiration and optimism through their fascinating accounts.
My Own Story by Emmeline Pankhurst
The inspiration for the award-winning film ‘Suffragette’, this book details the story of the British suffrage movement in a critical era – the early 1900s – and helped women win the right to vote. Emmeline Pankhurst grew up all too aware of the prevailing attitude of her day: that men were considered superior to women. A confirmed suffragist aged just 14, she tells the story of her struggle for equality in her own words.
CHANEL: Couture and Industry by Amy De La Haye
For over a century, the name Chanel has been synonymous with elegance, modernity and fashion innovation. Gabrielle Bonheur ‘Coco’ Chanel is the only clothing designer to be named on Time’s list of the 100 most influential people of the 20th century. Here, dress historian Amy de la Haye celebrates Coco Chanel as the couturière who changed the way stylish women everywhere dress, then and now.
Boudica by Vanessa Collingridge
One of the key figures in British history and mythology, Boudica has been immortalised as the woman who dared take on the Romans. From the proud warrior tribes in her East Anglia childhood to the battlefields of her defeat, this vividly written historical biography brings a wealth of new research and insight to bear on the queen of the Iceni.
