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A History of Women in 101 Objects: A walk through female history
- Written by:
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Annabelle Hirsch
- Read by:
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Juliet Stevenson; Miriam Margolyes; Kate Winslet; Helen Mirren; Helena Bonham Carter; Jacqueline Wilson; Sandi Toksvig; Julia Gillard; Harriet Walter; Adjoa Andoh; Joanna Lumley; Jeanette Winterson; Louise Brealey; Margaret Atwood; Celia Imrie; Alison Steadman; Meera Syal; Dolly Alderton; Olivia Colman; Rebecca Solnit; Noma Dumezweni; Sinéad Gleeson; Natascha McElhone; Sally Phillips; Crystal Clarke; Elizabeth Acevedo; Salena Godden; Ruth Ozeki; Gillian Anderson; Kate Mosse; Daisy Ridley; Cynthia Erivo; Anita Rani; Katy Hessel; Jackie Kay; Len Pennie; Annabelle Hirsch; Shirley Manson; Marina Hyde; Naomi Shimada; Kate Manne; Janina Ramirez; Doon Mackichan; Elif Shafak; Val McDermid; Caitlin Moran; Sasha Lane; Sue Perkins; Ece Temelkuran ; Mary Ann Sieghart; Rebecca Hall ; Krista Tippett; Patience Agbabi; Michelle Newell ; Geraldine James; Sinéad Cusack; Tiya Miles; Helena Kennedy; Samin Nosrat; Anna Holmes; Michelle Gomez; India Knight; Lauren Elkin ; Sylvia Whitman; Denise Gough; Siri Hustvedt; Gaby Wood; Sophie Hunter; Lisa-Kaindé Diaz; Annabel Mullion; Sharleen Spiteri; Jennifer Clement; Jude Kelly; Kerry Fox; Ruthie Rogers; Maggie Smith; Hanna Schygulla; Kübra Gümüsay; Erica Wagner; Sandra Hüller; Jodie Whittaker; Nicola Sturgeon; Anjelica Huston ; Lisa Dwan; Eleanor Updegraff; Lili Taylor; Mariella Frostrup; Katie Kitamura; Saffron Hocking; Tahmima Anam; Shirin Neshat; Martha Wainwright; Christiane Amanpour; Georgia Byng; Helena Gonda; Juno Dawson; Kathryn Hunter; Rakie Ayola; Virginie Efira; Vivian Oparah; Niamh McGrady; Leïla Slimani
- Format:
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Unabridged CD Audio Book
- Number of CDs:
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11
- Duration:
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13 hours 12 minutes
- Published:
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March 28 2024
- Available Date:
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March 28 2024
- Age Category:
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Adult
- ISBN:
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9781038669148
- Genres:
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Non-fiction; History
- Publisher:
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Bolinda audio
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From a hunger strike medal to a bidet, the Amazon rainforest to the plantations of South Carolina, Simone de Beauvoir to Beyoncé, this is the story of women as never seen before.
This is a neglected history. Not a sweeping, definitive, exhaustive history of the world but something quieter, more intimate and particular. A single journey, picked out in 101 objects, through the fascinating, too-often-overlooked, manifold histories of women.
Open up this cabinet of curiosities and you'll find objects that have been highly esteemed – even, like the Bayeux tapestry, fought over by nations – and others that are humble and domestic. Some (like a 16th century glass dildo) are objects of female pleasure, some (a thumbscrew) of female subjugation. There are artefacts of women celebrated by history and of women unfairly forgotten by it; examples of female rebellion and of self-revelation; objects that are inspiring, curious or (like radium-laced chocolate) just fundamentally ill-conceived.
Through the variety and nuance in all these 101 objects, Annabelle Hirsch has created a new history – teeming, unexpected, witty and always illuminating. This overdue corrective reveals what a healed femur says about civilisation, what men have to fear from hat pins, and it shows that the past has always been as complicated and fascinating as the women that peopled it.
'A reminder, lest we forget, that women are and have always been, whether quietly or vociferously, on the periphery or centre stage, the engine, the glue, the inspiration behind it all.'
Gillian Anderson
'An ambitious project, wide in scope, idiosyncratic in approach ... At its heart it is about female pain, female bravery and female creativity.'
Sunday Times