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678 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
illustrations (some colour), portraits, facsimiles
Contents: 1066-1348 Doomsday -- 1348-1455 Women rising -- 1455-1485 Women at war -- 1485-1660 Becoming a weaker vessel -- 1660-1764 Locked out and locked in -- 1765-1857 Making a lady -- 1857-1928 Separate spheres -- 1928-1945 Into the world -- 1945-1994 A woman today
Summary: This book is a radical retelling of the story of Britain--not of the rise and fall of kings and the occasional queen, but of social and cultural change, powered by the determination, persistence and effectiveness of women, from 1066 to modern times