At the beginning of our century there was far less opportunity for women to fulfil their own talents. Nevertheless, the six women featured in this book succeeded in doing just that.
Naomi Mitchison, author of more than eighty books, was an early champion of birth control and sexual reform and is now a supporter of the ecology movement. Paule Vezelay, artist, was awarded at the age of 91 the distinction of a one-woman show at London's Tate Gallery. A pioneer of the abstract movement, her views on this and on the world of art are incisive and penetrating. Dora Russell still campaigns vigorously for the issues she has always cared about: education, women's rights, world peace. Flora Robson's world was the theatre; she became one of the stars of this highly competitive field. Janet Vaughan, doctor and medical researcher, set up the first blood bank and later became Principal of Somerville College, Oxford. Barbara Wootton is one of our most controversial life peers: and has been throughout her life an influential advocate of rationality, equality and non-violence.
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Paperback, good condition. Very slight wear to cover.
Published by Ariel Books, 1984.
ISBN: 0563202718