Difficult Women

Well-behaved women don''t make history: difficult women do.

''This is the antidote to saccharine you-go-girl fluff. Effortlessly erudite and funny'' Caroline Criado-Perez

Strikers in saris. Bomb-throwing suffragettes. The pioneer of the refuge movement who became a men''s rights activist.

Forget feel-good heroines: meet the feminist trailblazers who have been airbrushed from history for being ''difficult'' - and discover how they made a difference.

Here are their stories in all their shocking, funny and unvarnished glory.

** Shortlisted in the 2020 Parliamentary Book Awards **

''All the history you need to understand why you''re so furious, angry and still hopeful about being a woman now. A book that is part intellectual weapon in your handbag, part cocktail with a friend'' Caitlin Moran
''Compulsive, rigorous, unforgettable, hilarious and devastating'' Hadley Freeman