Ideas Matter

BONUS: Bloody Brilliant Women, by Cathy Newman (an extract from the audiobook)

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Cathy Newman's Bloody Brilliant Women: The Pioneers, Revolutionaries and Geniuses Your History Teacher Forgot to Mention is a freewheeling history of modern Britain that focuses on the pioneering women who defied the odds to make careers for themselves and alter the course of modern history. Blending meticulous research with information gleaned from memoirs, diaries, letters, novels and other secondary sources, Bloody Brilliant Women uses the stories of some extraordinary lives to tell the tale of 20th and 21st century Britain. It is a history for women and men. A history for our times. Read by Cathy Newman. All the books discussed throughout this series are available at Apple Books, via this link: https://apple.co/ideasmatter For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy