The Periodic Table Of Feminism Marisa Bate by Marisa Bate 9781785037788, 1785037781 instant download after payment.

While the narrative takes the reader through feminisms struggle from the first wave to the fourth, the table offers a key to understanding how these women & the battles they fought speak to each other across time & continents: if you're inspired by Sheryl Sandberg, prepared to be equally wowed by Frances Harper and Alison Bechdel. With unique illustrations & pull-out quotes peppered throughout, this is an essential guide to Feminism & a place to turn to for courage & inspiration from history's heroic women.

Using the periodic table as a categorical device, the featured women are divided into “chemical” groups to show how the women & the battles they fought speak to each other across time & geography:

Precious Metals: the face of the movements, like Simone De Beauvoir & Gloria Steinem

Catalysts: Pioneers & fire-starters, like Susan B. Anthony & Sheryl Sandberg

Conductors: The organizers, like Sojourner Truth & Rebecca Solnit

Diatomics: Women working together, like The Spice Girls & The Women’s Equality Party

Stabilizers: Pacifists, like Margaret Atwood, Lindy West, & Eve Ensler

Explosives: Radicals, anarchists, & violent uprisers, like Adrienne Rich & Roxane Gay

Rejectors: “I am not a feminist” proclaimers, like Alice Walker & Sarah Jessica Parker