February’s Bookshop of the Month – The Feminist Bookshop
For February’s Bookshop of the Month, we’re heading down to the south coast to visit the Feminist Bookshop – an independent bookshop and plant-based…
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International Women’s Day: The Remarkable Women of Yale Books
To celebrate both International Women’s Day and the centenary of women’s suffrage in Britain, we’ve taken a look at some of our favourite stories…
Aubrey Beardsley’s Feminism – An Illustrated Essay
by Linda Gertner Zatlin Aubrey Beardsley (1872-1898) and his sister Mabel (1871-1916) were close as children, a relationship that lasted until he died. Most…
The Great Agnostic and First American Male Feminist
Susan Jacoby, author of the new biography, The Great Agnostic: Robert Ingersoll and American Freethought, here reflects on the significance of Ingersoll as a religious and…
‘Eva Hesse,1965’, Off The Wall
Eva Hesse (1936 – 1970) was a Jewish German-born American sculptor and artist, who habitually challenged conventions. She is best known for her pioneering work…
Extract from ‘Shoe Obsession’ by Valerie Steele and Colleen Hill
This February, Yale University Press is publishing the lavishly illustrated Shoe Obsession by Valerie Steele and Colleen Hill. The book introduces more than 150 pairs…
A History of Women Readers: Belinda Jack discusses the relationship between gender and literacy
Belinda Jack’s The Woman Reader traces the extraordinary history of women’s reading across the millennia. At the same time it tells a wide range…
Carl Van Vechten and the Women of the Harlem Renaissance: Author article by Emily Bernard
Carl Van Vechten was a white man who played a crucial role in helping the Harlem Renaissance, a black movement in the 1920s and…
The many lives of Gertrude Stein
Gertrude Stein is famous for many things: a prolific art collector, writer and poet, Stein was a major figure within the artistic and literary…
Books for International Women’s Day 2011
Today is INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY, an annual event held throughout the world aiming to inspire women and celebrate their achievements. Whether it’s Georgian history,…