HISTORY OF WOMEN IN 101 OBJECTS (PB)

Open this cabinet of curiosities and discover the neglected history of women in 101 objects, from the celebrated to the humble. Some (like a sixteenth century glass dildo) are objects of female pleasure, others (a thumbscrew) of female subjugation. There are artefacts of women celebrated by history and of women unfairly forgotten by it; examples of female rebellion and of self-revelation; objects that are inspiring, curious or (like radium-laced chocolate) just fundamentally ill-conceived. This new history is teeming, unexpected, witty and always illuminating.