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Historian Sarah Lonsdale traces the struggles, passions and achievements of a set of fearlessly determined women who stopped at nothing to make their mark in the traditionally masculine environments of mountaineering, politics, engineering and journalism.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom the motorist Claudia Parsons to the 'star' reporter Margaret Lane, the mountaineer Dorothy Pilley and the journalist Shiela Grant Duff, the women charted in this book challenged the status quo in all walks of life, alongside writing vivid, eye-witness accounts of their adventures.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRecovering their voices across a range of texts, including novels, poems, journalism and diaries, \u003ci\u003eRebel women between the wars\u003c\/i\u003e reveals the inch-by-inch gains these women won through courageous and sometimes controversial acts.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":57686006071669,"sku":"9781526195050","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":56301811433845,"sku":"9781526137111","price":20.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781526195050_5402b63d-c8eb-4a44-886f-6fba0c44d439.jpg?v=1792599337"},{"product_id":"9781607748601","title":"Foraged Flora","description":"\u003cb\u003eA gorgeously photographed new take on flower arranging using local and foraged plants and flowers to create beautiful arrangements, with ideas and inspiration for the whole year.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRoadside fennel, flowering fruit trees, garden roses, tiny violets; ingredients both common and unusual, humble and showy, \u003ci\u003eForaged Flora\u003c\/i\u003e is a new vision for flowers and arranging. It encourages you to train your eye to the beauty that surrounds you, attune your senses to the seasonality and locality of flowers and plants, and to embrace the beauty in each stage of life, from first bud to withering seedpod.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eOrganized by month, each chapter in this visually arresting and inspiring book focuses on large and small arrangements created from the flowers and plants available during that time period and in that place, all foraged or gleaned nearby. The authors reflect on surprising and beautiful pairings, the importance of scale, the scarcity or abundance of raw materials, and the environmental factors that contribute to that availability. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eWhether picking a small tendril of fragrant jasmine, collecting oversized branches of flowering quince, or making a garland of bay laurel, \u003ci\u003eForaged Flora\u003c\/i\u003e is an invitation to seek out the beauty of the natural world.","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56301900759413,"sku":"9781607748601","price":33.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781607748601_a5d00140-1a5c-4eaf-bd64-246622af0ce5.jpg?v=1786023739"},{"product_id":"9781526168696","title":"Wildly different","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe globe-trotting tales of five women who fought for the right to enjoy the wild places of the earth.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor millennia the 'wild' was a place heroic men went on epic quests. 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