"This inspirational anthology of feminist history radiates resilience, invention, empowerment and hope."
September 2025 Book of the Month
Opening with an absolutely brilliant, tone-setting framing quote from writer Rebecca West (“I myself have never been able to find out precisely what feminism is: I only know that people call me a feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate me from a doormat”), Kate Mosse’s Feminist History for Every Day of the Year brims with the wisdom and wit of hundreds of “trailblazers who refused to accept the limitations put on them, who campaigned and marched, battled and challenged the status quo to change the world for the better”, as Mosse writes in her introduction.
An entry for every day of the year features pithy accounts of remarkable women you’ve most likely heard of (e.g. Mary Wollstonecraft, Virginia Woolf, Rosa Parks and Simone de Beauvoir), and many you most likely haven’t, among them racing driver, engineer and car designer Dorothée Pullinger, who in 2012 was the first woman to be inducted into the Scottish Engineering Hall of Fame (26 years after her death), the 16th-century cross-dressing poet Louise Lab, and Shirley Chisholm, the first African American woman elected to Congress.
Encompassing sportswomen, artists and performers, politicians, scientists and explorers (and more), this treasure trove also features extended essays on seminal feminist topics and moments in history, such as landmark legislation, and why public statues matter. As a result, Feminist History for Every Day of the Year is a fabulous book to dip into for inspiration while appreciating the importance of putting women and girls back into history.
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