Tired of being talked over? Of social media making you feel crap? Of the pressure to 'have it all' and a hot bod too?
Boudicca stuck up for herself and now she can help you do the same. It is time to start channelling the spiky superwomen of history to conquer today. It is time to turn to women like Frida Kahlo and Josephine Baker, Hypatia and Cleopatra, Coco Chanel and Empress Cixi. In this irreverent guide they will help you figure out how to dispatch a loverat, back yourself, kill it at work and trounce FoMo.
With original illustrations by Bijou Karman,
What Would Boudicca Do? will make you fired-up and ready for anything.
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What Would Boudicca Do?
Everyday Problems Solved by History's Most Remarkable Women
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What Would Boudicca Do?
Everyday Problems Solved by History's Most Remarkable Women
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Social SciencesTable of contents
- Cover
- Landing Page
- Title Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Introduction
- Boudicca and Sticking Up for Yourself
- Mary Wollstonecraft and Calling Yourself a Feminist
- Mae West and Being Body Positive
- Rosa Parks and Standing Up to Bullies
- Mina Wylie, Fanny Durack and the Art of Female Friendship
- Akiko Yosano and Loving Your Boobs
- Chevalier d’Éon and Bending the Gender Rules
- Gráinne ní Mháille and Work–Life Balance
- Hypatia and Being a Geek and Proud
- Megan Lloyd George and Stepping Out of Your Parents’ Shadow
- Fe del Mundo and Inspiring Sisters
- Sappho and Backing Yourself
- Emmeline Pankhurst and Getting Stuck In
- Frida Kahlo and Finding Your Style
- Ada Lovelace and Surviving a Broken Home
- Mekatilili wa Menza and Finding your Rhythm
- Wang Zhenyi and Slamming it as a Scientista
- Emily Dickinson and Defying FOMO
- Phoolan Devi and Not Being a Lady
- Cleopatra and Keeping Your Family in Line
- Dorothy Parker and Handling Jerks
- Fanny Cochrane Smith and Finding Your Own Voice
- Marie Stopes and Not (necessarily) Having Babies
- Betty Ford and Knowing When to Stop
- Isabella Beeton and Beating Impostor Syndrome
- George Eliot and Not Being Hot
- Odette Sansom and Styling It Out
- Sophia Duleep Singh and Embracing Your Discomfort Zone
- Althea Gibson and Finding Your Mentor
- Elizabeth I and Punchy Public Speaking
- Agatha Christie and Getting Over Heartbreak
- Grace Hopper and Facing Up to Failure
- Sheila Michaels and Calling Yourself Ms
- Soraya Tarzi and Closing the Domestic Divide
- Catherine the Great and Dealing with Gossip
- Hedy Lamarr and Knowing Your Worth
- Eleanor of Aquitaine and Managing Infidelity
- Coco Chanel and Killing It at Work
- Nell Gwyn and Being Shameless
- Rosalind Franklin and Being Difficult
- Empress Dowager Cixi and Bossing It
- Caroline Haslett and Giving Up Housework
- Amelia Earhart and Keeping your Own Name
- Sacagawea and Not Letting Anything Hold You Back
- Clara Schumann and Being Savvy with Your Cash
- Masako Katsura and Leaning In
- Enheduanna and Sparking Your Creativity
- Josephine Baker and Having It All
- Queen Victoria and Getting Over Loss
- Mary Seacole and Ageing Disgracefully
- Afterword
- Sources
- Acknowledgements
- About the Author
- Also by the Author
- Copyright
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