A Woman's World, 1850-1960

The Colour of Time series explores the many roles played by women across the world before second-wave feminism took hold, featuring celebrated and ordinary women in a century of extraordinary change. Photographs include Queen Victoria, Edith Cavell, Josephine Baker, Eva Peron, Virginia Woolf, Clara Schumann, Martha Gellhorn, Rosa Parks, Agatha Christie, Frida Kahlo, Harriet Tubman, Florence Nightingale, Hattie McDaniel, and Gertrude Bell.

Format: Hardback
Length: 432 pages
Publication date: 04 August 2022
Publisher: Head of Zeus

The third volume in the acclaimed The Colour of Time series, A Woman's World, 1850–1960, delves into the diverse roles played by women worldwide before the rise of second-wave feminism. Through the captivating combination of Marina Amaral's colorized images and Dan Jones's insightful words, this survey showcases both celebrated and ordinary women, from the scientific lab to the streets, the stage to the battlefield, the election to the wilderness. This captivating and distinctive history vividly brings to life the female experience during a century of remarkable transformation. The photographs include iconic figures such as Queen Victoria, Edith Cavell, Josephine Baker, Eva Peron, Virginia Woolf, Clara Schumann, Martha Gellhorn, Rosa Parks, Agatha Christie, Frida Kahlo, Harriet Tubman, Florence Nightingale, Hattie McDaniel, and Gertrude Bell, as well as revolutionaries from China to Cuba, geishas in Japan, protestors on the Salt March, teachers and pilots, nurses, and soldiers.

Weight: 1662g
Dimension: 202 x 257 x 44 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781800240247