From the self-styled `Queen of Soho' who sued BA, claiming to have been bitten on the bottom by a flea, to the to the butcher's daughter from Oldham who performed topless as 'the world's strongest woman' before becoming becoming the mistress of a peer whom she met while living in a Pyrennean mountain hut, this is a celebration of the women who refused to fulfil society's expectations. Their company includes the woman who survived four months adrift in a dinghy in the Pacific and the woman who played professional polo disguised as a man for fifteen years, as well as the inimitable Dame Barbara Cartland and Fanny Cradock. And there are over one hundred more. This is the first time that the Daily Telegraph has dedicated a book to women's stories; very few of the women featured were `celebrities', yet their stories represent a century of progress and change, capturing the spirit of those who came of age between Emancipation and the Equal Opportunities Act, whether high life or low life, pioneers or bluestockings. Taking its title from the inspiring lines of a matron whose nurses faced a WWII firing squad, this is a fascinating portrayal of unforgettable and extraordinary characters united by their refusal to accept society's constraints.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
John Murray Press
ISBN-13
9780719563003
eBay Product ID (ePID)
95132786
Product Key Features
Author
Katherine Ramsay, Georgia Powell
Publication Name
Chin Up Girls!: a Book of Women's Obituaries from the Daily Telegraph
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Subject
Zoology
Publication Year
2005
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
368 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
33mm
Item Width
144mm
Item Weight
565g
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
Katherine Ramsay, Georgia Powell
Genre
Biographies & True Stories
Country/Region of Manufacture
United Kingdom
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