What Would Boudicca Do?
Everyday Problems Solved by History's Most Remarkable Women
Tired of your boss bropropriating your ideas and presenting them as his own?
Wondering if the pursuit of having it all has in fact resulted in having not very much?
It is time to start channelling the spiky superwomen of history and conquer the sh*t show that is the modern world. It is time to turn to women like Mae West and Agatha Christie, Hypatia and Cleopatra, Coco Chanel and Cixi. In this irreverent guide they will help you figure out how to cope with impostor syndrome, dispatch a love rat, stand up for yourself, get politically engaged, kill it at work, and trounce FoMo. What Would Boudicca Do? will make you fired-up and ready for anything.
Boudicca and Sticking Up for Yourself
Mary Wollstonecraft and Calling Yourself a Feminist
Mae West and Being Body Positive
Rosa Parks and Standing Up to Bullies
Wilhelmina Wylie, Fanny Durack and the Art of Female Friendship
Akiko Yosano and Loving Your Boobs
Chevalier d’Éon and Bending the Gender Rules
Gráinne ní Mháille and Work–Life Balance
Hypatia and Being a Geek and Proud
Megan Lloyd George and Stepping Out of Your Parents’ Shadow
Fe del Mundo and Inspiring Sisters
Sappho and Backing Yourself
Emmeline Pankhurst and Getting Stuck In
Frida Kahlo and Finding Your Style
Ada Lovelace and Surviving a Broken Home
Mekatilili and Finding Your Rhythm
Wang Zhenyi and Slamming it as a Scientista
Emily Dickinson and Defying FoMO
Phoolan Devi and Not Being a Lady
Cleopatra and Keeping your Family in Line
Dorothy Parker and Handling Jerks
Marie Stopes and Not (necessarily) Having Babies
Fanny Cochrane Smith and Finding Your Own Voice
Betty Ford and Knowing When to Stop
George Eliot and Not Being Hot
Isabella Beeton and Beating Imposter Syndrome
Odette Sansom and Styling It Out
Sophia Duleep Singh and Embracing Your Discomfort Zone
Althea Gibson and Finding Your Mentor
Elizabeth I and Punchy Public Speaking
Agatha Christie and Getting Over Heartbreak
Grace Hopper and Facing Up to Failure
Sheila Michaels and Calling Yourself Ms
Soraya Tarzi and Closing the Domestic Divide
Catherine the Great and Dealing with Gossip
Hedy Lamarr and Knowing Your Worth
Eleanor of Aquitaine and Managing Infidelity
Coco Chanel and Killing It at Work
Rosalind Franklin and Being Difficult
Empress Dowager Cixi and Bossing It
Nell Gwyn and Being Shameless
Caroline Haslett and Giving Up Housework
Amelia Earhart and Keeping Your Own Name
Sacagawea and Not Letting Anything Hold You Back
Clara Schumann and Being Savvy with Your Cash
Masako Katsura and Leaning In
Enheduanna and Sparking Your Creativity
Josephine Baker and Having It All
Queen Victoria and Getting Over Loss
Mary Seacole and Ageing Disgracefully