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Overview

Meet the bold women history has tried to forget...until now!

Women's stories are often written as if they spent their entire time on Earth casting woeful but beautiful glances towards the horizon and sighing into the bitter wind at the thought of any conflict.

Well, that's not how it f**king happened. When you hear about a woman who was 100% pure and good, you're probably missing the best chapters in her life's story. Maybe she slept around. Maybe she stole. Maybe she crashed planes. Maybe she got shot, or maybe she shot a bad guy (who probably had it coming). Maybe she caused a scandal. Maybe she caused a riot . . .

From badass writer Hannah Jewell, She Caused a Riot is an empowering, no-holds-barred look into the epic adventures and dangerous exploits of 100 inspiring women who were too brave, too brilliant, too unconventional, too political, too poor, not ladylike enough and not white enough to be recognized by their shitty contemporaries. Daring and gift-worthy, this is a bold tribute to the powerful women who came before us.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781492662921
Publisher:	Sourcebooks
Publication date:	03/06/2018
Pages:	320
Product dimensions:	6.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

Hannah Jewell is a video journalist at The Washington Post covering pop culture, politics, and more. She formerly worked at BuzzFeed UK, where she was known for her writing about gender and her satire of British and American politics.

Introduction xi

Wonderful Ancient Weirdos 1

Hatshepsut 2

Brigid of Kildare 5

Sappho 6

Seondeok of Silla 9

Khayzuran 10

Subh 12

Hildegard von Bingen 15

Margery Kempe 18

Women With Impressive Kill Counts 23

Artemisia I of Caria 24

Æthelflæd 25

Ælfthryth 27

Zenobia 31

Tomoe Gozen 33

Sorghaghtani Beki 34

Wú Méi 37

Kosem Sultan 38

Empress Wu 40

Laskarina Bouboulina 45

Ching Shih 46

Women Who Were Geniuses Despite the Fact That They Were Girls 51

Hypatia 52

Fatima al-Fihri 53

Wang Zhenyi 55

Jang-geum 57

Artemisia Gentileschi 58

Raden Ajeng Kartini 60

Emmy Noether 62

Nana Asma'u 65

Jean Macnamara 66

Annie Jump Cannon 67

Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin 72

Hedy Lamarr 74

Louisa Atkinson 77

Laura Redden Searing 78

Gabriela Brimmer 79

Women Who Wrote Dangerous Things 83

Murasaki Shikibu 84

Ulayya bint al-Mahdi 85

Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz 87

Tarabai Shinde 91

Phillis Wheatley 93

Nellie Bly 96

Elizabeth Hart 99

Jovita Idár 101

Louise Mack 103

Beatrice Potter Webb 107

Julia de Burgos 110

Marie Chauvet 113

Zabel Yesayan 115

Mirabal Sisters 116

Mary Wollstonecraft 120

Ida B. Wells-Barnett 125

Frances E. W. Harper 129

Ethel Payne 132

Women Who Wore Trousers and Enjoyed Terrifying Hobbies 135

Annie Smith Peck 136

Jean Batten 140

Khutulun 143

Pancho Barnes 144

Julie d'Aubigny 146

Lilian Bland 151

Lotfia El Nadi 152

Women Who Fought Empires and Racists 155

Queen Nanny of the Maroons 156

Njinga of Angola 159

Rani Chennamma 161

Lakshmibai, Rani of Jhansi 162

Yaa Asantewaa 163

Jind Kaur 164

Lozen 165

Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti 168

Queen Liliuokalani 173

Fanny Cochrane Smith 175

Lillian Ngoyi 177

Miriam Makeba 179

Te Puea Herangi 183

Whina Cooper 186

Susan La Flesche Picotte 189

Sojourner Truth 191

Women Who Knew How to Have a Good-Ass Time 195

Empress Theodora 196

Wallada bint al-Mustakfi 199

Nell Gwyn 203

George Sand 205

Lucy Hicks Anderson 207

Mercedes de Acosta 209

Gladys Bentley 211

Coccinelle 213

Umm Kulthum 217

Josephine Baker 218

Women Who Punched Nazis 223

Sophie Scholl 224

Hannah Arendt 230

Noor Inayat Khan 233

Nancy Wake 239

Dorothy Thompson 242

Irena Sendler 244

Your New Revolutionary Role Models 251

Olympe de Gouges 252

Policarpa Salavarrieta 256

Sofia Perovskaya 257

Alexandra Kollontai 260

Juana Azurduy 265

Rosa Luxemburg 266

Constance Markievicz 268

Luisa Moreno 272

Jayaben Desai 275

Conclusion 281

Glossary 283

Bibliography 288

Acknowledgments 298

Index 301

About the Author 306

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Editorial Reviews

"Jewell narrates the lives of these women with a righteous comic and conversational tone, and her enthusiasm is contagious...galvanizing and laugh-out-loud funny, this book is a riot on par with the women it presents. " — Booklist

"Laugh-out-loud funny and inspiring, this book introduces you to these women like they’re your besties. Read it to pick a glorious new role model, collect awesome cocktail party banter, and feel more connected to strong women all across time." — Krista Suh, creator of the Pussyhat Project and author of DIY Rules for a WTF World

"A fun, hilarious read that will make a fantastic addition to your feminist library and historical knowledge." — Ann Shen, author of Bad Girls Throughout History

"It’s a history book but not a textbook, unless one’s history professors are totally rad. It’s funny and presented as a salve to the current injustices of the world...It provides hope that women have survived worse, and will not only roll with the punches but nevertheless persist." — Hers Magazine

From the Publisher

02/15/2018
Buzzfeed writer Jewell's look at 100 mostly obscure women from history offers brief portraits of women who span centuries and the globe, including Egyptian pharaoh Hatshepsut, English mystic Margery Kempe, Queen Njinga of Angola, Hawaiian Queen Liliuokalani, Maori leader Whina Cooper, Apache warrior Lozen, and Wu Zetian, China's only female emperor. The women featured include leaders from ancient history, warriors with impressive kill counts, scientific geniuses, writers, suffragettes, fun-loving vixens, Nazi fighters, and revolutionaries. They all share a fierce determination to succeed and an unwillingness to accept limitations. And yet, their stories have been largely ignored by history. The book is written in a fun, irreverent, and easy-to-read style. The vignettes will serve to pique interest and motivate readers to attempt to learn more about these amazing women. The modern, colorful layout adds to the appeal, with a continual sprinkling of provocative quotes and footnotes. VERDICT A recommended purchase that will provide readers with ideas for further research and questions about these extraordinary women left out of our history books.—Theresa Muraski, Univ. of Wisconsin-Stevens Point Lib.

Library Journal

Hannah Jewell, who dubs herself a time-traveling fangirl journalist, does not mince words as she presents women’s lives across time, culture, and country. Narrator Rachael Beresford gives Jewell’s brief accounts and cheeky humor full expression. While the title touts 100 unknown women, listeners will likely recognize figures such as Sappho, Hatshepsut, and Josephine Baker, among others, in this diverse collection of female figures relegated to the sidelines of history. Listeners are drawn along as fellow discoverers of ancient queens, aviators, scientists, social advocates, and more, who bucked conventions and restrictions to achieve their goals. This production delivers entertaining glimpses of the lives of brilliant, bold, and complex women, and may inspire further exploration. J.R.T. © AudioFile 2018, Portland, Maine

NOVEMBER 2018 - AudioFile

She Caused a Riot: 100 Unknown Women Who Built Cities, Sparked Revolutions, and Massively Crushed It

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