ROARING GIRLS

A Roaring Girl was loud when she should be quiet, disruptive when she should be submissive, sexual when she should be pure, 'masculine' when she should be 'feminine'. Meet the unsung heroines of British history who refused to play by the rules. Bold and inspiring, Holly Kyte has selected the game changing life stories of eight formidable women whose grit, determination whose grit, determination and radical unconventionality saw them defy the odds to forge their own paths. From the notorious cross-dressing thief Mary Frith in the 17th century, rebel slave Mary Prince, Caroline Norton who fought her repulsive husband, adventurer, industrialist and LGBT trailblazer Anne Lister aka Gentleman Jack in the 19th century, Mad Madge Margaret Cavendish, old maid Mary Astell, cavalier Charlotte Charke, the Amazon Hannah Snell. 462pp, well illustrated paperback.