{"product_id":"uncontrollable-women-radicals-reformers-and-revolutionaries-9781838606633","title":"Uncontrollable Women: Radicals, Reformers and","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Compelling.\" \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e\"An insightful and inspiring history.\" \u003ci\u003eBBC History Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e\"A tantalising revelatory book\u003ci\u003e.\u003c\/i\u003e\"\u003ci\u003e The House\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e \"Brisk and illuminating.\"\u003ci\u003e Times Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e\"A damn good read.\" \u003ci\u003eMorning Star\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e\"Wonderful.\"\u003ci\u003e The Chartist \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e Uncontrollable Women \u003c\/i\u003eis a history of radical, reformist and revolutionary women between the outbreak of the French Revolution in 1789 and the passing of the Great Reform Act in 1832. Very few of them are well-known today; some were unknown even in their own day. All of them contributed something to the world we now inhabit.   At a time when women were supposed to leave politics to men they spoke, wrote, marched, organised, asked questions, challenged power structures, sometimes went to prison and even died. History has not usually been kind to them, and they have frequently been pushed into asides or footnotes, dismissed as secondary, or spoken over, for, or through by men and sometimes other women. In this book, they take centre stage in both their own stories and those of others, and in doing so bring different voices to the more familiar accounts of the period. These women and many others played a part in developing political ideas and freedoms as we know them today, and some fought battles which still remain to be won or raised questions that are still unresolved. These are their stories.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA\u003cb\u003e compelling\u003c\/b\u003e study [that] celebrates the working class pioneers of female emancipation \u003cb\u003ewho have been overlooked\u003c\/b\u003e. -- Kathryn Hughes * The Guardian *\u003cbr\u003eAn \u003cb\u003eepic\u003c\/b\u003e history of revolutionary, reforming, protesting actions by women spanning nearly half a century,\u003cb\u003e vividly written\u003c\/b\u003e by Nan Sloane. From wide and deep archive research, the author \u003cb\u003ebrings together for the first time facinating and extraordinary stories of women\u003c\/b\u003e from both educated middle-class and humble working-class backgrounds, many of them unknown… \u003ci\u003eUncontrollable Women\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cb\u003ebristles with brave females\u003c\/b\u003e: writing, protesting, marching, shouting, pushing and shoving, \u003cb\u003enever keeping quiet and never giving up\u003c\/b\u003e. -- Diane Atkinson * BBC History Magazine *\u003cbr\u003eMany of those brave women who risked their lives for our emancipation are largely forgotten now. Nan Sloane’s \u003cb\u003epowerful\u003c\/b\u003e book puts their\u003cb\u003e remarkable \u003c\/b\u003estories centre stage. It is \u003cb\u003ea tantalising revelatory book\u003c\/b\u003e which \u003cb\u003egives voice to a procession of brave and fearless women\u003c\/b\u003e who stood up for the principles of free speech, political rights and voting reform – risking their lives and their liberty in the process… Nan Sloane’s book \u003cb\u003eat last gives these women a voice\u003c\/b\u003e and recovers just some of their history. -- Angela Eagle MP * The House *\u003cbr\u003eNan Sloane points out in this \u003cb\u003ebrisk and illuminating\u003c\/b\u003e study of political activism between 1789 and the passing of the Act, no vote did not mean no voice. -- Jane Robinson * Times Literary Supplement *\u003cbr\u003eSome books sit neatly in the reference section, others are picked up and read intermittently — those which are found one day by the armchair and another, on the bedside table. This one \u003cb\u003edeserves to be kept close at hand\u003c\/b\u003e, not only because it’s \u003cb\u003ea damn good read\u003c\/b\u003e, but because it’s \u003cb\u003ea reminder of how strong women can be rendered invisible and silent, unless we shine a spotlight and amplify their voices\u003c\/b\u003e. -- Lynne Walsh * Morning Star *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWonderful\u003c\/b\u003e … Nan Sloane’s \u003ci\u003eUncontrollable Women\u003c\/i\u003e [is] \u003cb\u003ea collection of insightful essays about female change-makers upon whose shoulders we stand today\u003c\/b\u003e … We owe a debt of gratitude to Nan for her painstaking work putting this new book together and \u003cb\u003eshining a spotlight on a group of women who have been largely ignored by the history books\u003c\/b\u003e … The female ‘Radicals, Reformers \u0026amp; Revolutionaries’ who leap off the pages are \u003cb\u003ewomen whose lives lay buried in disparate archives overshadowed by the loud men around them\u003c\/b\u003e including many radical men whose cause they frequently espoused. -- Julie Ward * The Chartist *\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eUncontrollable Women\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cb\u003ebrilliantly tells the history of women who fought for rights\u003c\/b\u003e and against repression during the radical years in Britain of 1789-1832 … We owe all the uncontrollable women an enormous debt, first of all by not taking their achievements for granted, but most importantly, by continuing the fight for women’s rights. -- Ellen Graubart * Counterfire *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePowerful and clear\u003c\/b\u003e…\u003ci\u003e Uncontrollable Women\u003c\/i\u003e is \u003cb\u003ea fine piece of history\u003c\/b\u003e, the kind left out of the usual mainstream narrative. It widens our lens to look beyond the men involved in a wide popular movement, allowing us to see more deeply into the lives of everyday people who mattered, many of whom, not surprisingly, were women. -- Marissa Moss * New York Journal of Books *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eExpands and diversifies the suffragette story\u003c\/b\u003e… We will look back on \u003ci\u003eUncontrollable Women\u003c\/i\u003e to inform historical teaching hereafter, and it will be welcomed into political literature as a map of the path taken to get to where Britain is today. * Buzz Magazine *\u003cbr\u003eThis book \u003cb\u003ebrings to life the legacy left by the radical women missing from history\u003c\/b\u003e and restores them to their rightful place... Nan has written \u003cb\u003ea powerful, illuminating book\u003c\/b\u003e that will educate and inspire. But most importantly, she has introduced us to these hidden feminist figures from 200 years ago. We stand on their shoulders and it is only right that we honour them. * Ayesha Hazarika, broadcaster and journalist, from the foreword *\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eUncontrollable Women\u003c\/i\u003e gives long overdue attention to an often overlooked period in women’s history beyond the immediacy of Mary Wollstonecraft, the author rights that wrong. The removal of the requirement for women to be considered feminist in the modern sense also allows access to women whose achievements are often overlooked. * Jacqui Turner, Associate Professor of Modern British History, University of Reading, UK *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIllustrations Foreword Acknowledgements Notes on Text Introduction Part One: Frantic ‘Midst the Democratic Storm 1: The Furies of Hell 2:  A Wicked Little Democrat 3: Such Mighty Rage Part Two: More Turbulent than the Men 1: Determined Enemies to Good Order 2: The Most Abandoned of Their Sex 3: Persistent Amazons Part Three: Monsters in Female Form 1: Beyond Expression Horrible 2: This Infatuated Family 3: The She-Champion of Impiety Part Four: Women Without Masters 1: Very Clever, Awfully Revolutionary 2: Petticoat Government Epilogue: An Ignorant Woman Bibliography Notes Index","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49413146247511,"sku":"9781838606633","price":22.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781838606633.jpg?v=1730519280","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/uncontrollable-women-radicals-reformers-and-revolutionaries-9781838606633","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}