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Blue Stockings
Jessica Swale
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Description for Blue Stockings
Paperback. A moving, comical and eye-opening story of four young women fighting for education and self-determination against the larger backdrop of women's suffrage. Num Pages: 120 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 10. Weight in Grams: 146.
'Love or knowledge: which would you choose?' A moving, comical and eye-opening story of four young women fighting for education and self-determination against the larger backdrop of women’s suffrage. 1896. Girton College, Cambridge, the first college in Britain to admit women. The Girton girls study ferociously and match their male peers grade for grade. Yet, when the men graduate, the women leave with nothing but the stigma of being a 'blue stocking' - an unnatural, educated woman. They are denied degrees and go home unqualified and unmarriageable. In Jessica Swale's debut ... Read more
'Love or knowledge: which would you choose?' A moving, comical and eye-opening story of four young women fighting for education and self-determination against the larger backdrop of women’s suffrage. 1896. Girton College, Cambridge, the first college in Britain to admit women. The Girton girls study ferociously and match their male peers grade for grade. Yet, when the men graduate, the women leave with nothing but the stigma of being a 'blue stocking' - an unnatural, educated woman. They are denied degrees and go home unqualified and unmarriageable. In Jessica Swale's debut ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Nick Hern Books
Number of pages
120
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Number of Pages
120
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781848423299
SKU
V9781848423299
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-37
About Jessica Swale
Jessica Swale is a director, playwright, workshop leader and educator. She is Artistic Director of Red Handed Theatre Company, works regularly with the National Theatre, Out of Joint and various drama schools, and leads theatre projects in developing countries for Youth Bridge Global.
Reviews for Blue Stockings
'Cracking... leaves you astonished at the prejudices these educational pioneers had to overcome'
Guardian
'Brings wit and intelligence to a meaty subject'
Evening Standard
'Lively and eye-opening'
Independent
'Thoughtful and provocative... thoroughly researched and grippingly dramatised'
The Stage
'Touching and entertaining... Swale tells the story with both wit and a hint of ... Read more
Guardian
'Brings wit and intelligence to a meaty subject'
Evening Standard
'Lively and eye-opening'
Independent
'Thoughtful and provocative... thoroughly researched and grippingly dramatised'
The Stage
'Touching and entertaining... Swale tells the story with both wit and a hint of ... Read more