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Sheila Rowbotham
Sheila Rowbotham, who helped start the women's liberation movement in Britain, is known internationally as an historian of feminism and radical social movements. She is the author ...view moreSheila Rowbotham, who helped start the women's liberation movement in Britain, is known internationally as an historian of feminism and radical social movements. She is the author of the ground-breaking books Women, Resistance and Revolution; Woman's Consciousness, Man's World; and Hidden from History. Her other works include Dreamers of a New Day: Women Who Invented the Twentieth Century; the biography Edward Carpenter: A Life of Liberty and Love, shortlisted for the James Tait Black Prize and winner of the Lambda Literary Award for Gay Biography, and Rebel Crossings: New Women, Free Lovers and Radicals in Britain and the United States. Verso have also reissued her memoir Promise of a Dream: Remembering the Sixties, as part of the Feminist Classic series. Her latest book is Daring to Hope: My Life in the 1970s. Her poetry and two plays have been published and she has written for newspapers and journals in Britain, the US, Italy, Brazil, Turkey, Sweden and Sri Lanka. She lives in Bristol.view less
Books by Sheila Rowbotham
Women, Resistance and Revolution: A History of Women and Revolution in the Modern World Women, Resistance and Revolution: A History Of Women and Revolution in the Modern World Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsDreamers of a New Day: Women Who Invented the Twentieth Century Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Woman's Consciousness, Man's World Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Woman's Consciousness, Man's World Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Dreamers of a New Day: Women Who Invented the Twentieth Century Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Vindication of the Rights of Woman Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Rebel Crossings: New Women, Free Lovers and Radicals in Britain and the United States Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Daring to Hope: My Life in the 1970s Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings