The Bluestockings: A History of the First Women's Movement by Susannah Gibson Gibbs Smith It is impossible to understand

It is impossible to understand our history without them

The photos are gorgeous

Also includes four new pieces of original art by the author

As each otter imagines what lurks--or doesn't lurk--under the ice

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The Bluestockings: A History of the First Women's Movement by Susannah Gibson Gibbs Smith It is impossible to understandIn England in the 1700s, a woman who was an intellectual, spoke out, or wrote professionally was considered unnatural. After all, as the wisdom of the era dictated, a clever woman if there were such a thing would never make a good wife. But a circle of women called the Bluestockings did something extraordinary: coming together in glittering salons to discuss and debate as intellectual equals with men, they fought for women to be educated and to have a