Ladies Cant Climb Ladders by Jane Robinson
This is the story of what happened next. Ladies Can't Climb Ladders focuses on the lives of six women - six pioneers - forging paths in the fields of medicine, law, academia, architecture, engineering and the church.
Arrestingly written…a stirring testament to unsung heroines * The Observer *
A well researched and entertaining read…a wonderful celebration of female pioneers * The Sunday Times *
Robinson writes with an often witty touch, which only serves to throw into furious relief the seriousness of the resistance women faced. . An excellent companion to Robinson's Bluestockings. * The Financial Times *
An entertaining guide, dipping into ladies’ journals of the time to add levity to what indeed is a serious message. -- Mia Levitin * Spectator *
Jane Robinson’s book is a lesson in how unthinkingly we wear freedom. Well known as a writer and social historian excavating ordinary women’s lives, Robinson focuses this time on the emergence of lawyers, doctors, engineers, teachers, architects, scientists and churchwomen after the passing of the landmark law of 1919. Modern professional women will read it with a slow burn of anger and heightened respect for those whose actions, such a relatively brief time ago, made today possible . . . We ride on the shoulders of female giants — courageous, eccentric, clever pioneers. Robinson is a wryly amusing companion and this is an entertaining book, teeming with characters. * The Times *
A well researched and entertaining read…a wonderful celebration of female pioneers * The Sunday Times *
Robinson writes with an often witty touch, which only serves to throw into furious relief the seriousness of the resistance women faced. . An excellent companion to Robinson's Bluestockings. * The Financial Times *
An entertaining guide, dipping into ladies’ journals of the time to add levity to what indeed is a serious message. -- Mia Levitin * Spectator *
Jane Robinson’s book is a lesson in how unthinkingly we wear freedom. Well known as a writer and social historian excavating ordinary women’s lives, Robinson focuses this time on the emergence of lawyers, doctors, engineers, teachers, architects, scientists and churchwomen after the passing of the landmark law of 1919. Modern professional women will read it with a slow burn of anger and heightened respect for those whose actions, such a relatively brief time ago, made today possible . . . We ride on the shoulders of female giants — courageous, eccentric, clever pioneers. Robinson is a wryly amusing companion and this is an entertaining book, teeming with characters. * The Times *
Jane Robinson is also the author of Bluestockings: The Remarkable Story of the First Women to Fight for an Education and Ladies Can't Climb Ladders: The Pioneering Adventures of the First Professional Women. She was born in Edinburgh, grew up in North Yorkshire and read English at Somerville College, Oxford. She has worked in the antiquarian book trade and as an archivist, and is now a full-time writer and lecturer, specializing in social history through women's eyes. She is a Fellow of the Royal Historical and Royal Geographical Societies, a Hawthornden Fellow, and a Senior Associate of Somerville College. In her spare time she collects books and designs pop-up Escape Rooms. She lives in Buckinghamshire with her husband and two feline assistants, Emmy and Mrs Chippy.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781784163990 |
| ISBN 10 | 1784163996 |
| Title | Ladies Cant Climb Ladders |
| Author | Jane Robinson |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Transworld Publishers Ltd |
| Year published | 2021-03-25 |
| Number of pages | 368 |
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