The Bluestockings: A History of the First Women's Movement by Susannah Gibson Gibbs Smith "Encounter on the Seine: Black

"Encounter on the Seine: Black Meets Brown

The photos are gorgeous

Also includes four new pieces of original art by the author

As each otter imagines what lurks--or doesn't lurk--under the ice

Before Paige can return to London

The Bluestockings: A History of the First Women's Movement by Susannah Gibson Gibbs Smith "Encounter on the Seine: BlackIn England in the 1700s, a woman who was an intellectual, spoke out, or wrote professionally was considered unnatural. After all, as the wisdom of the era dictated, a clever woman if there were such a thing would never make a good wife. But a circle of women called the Bluestockings did something extraordinary: coming together in glittering salons to discuss and debate as intellectual equals with men, they fought for women to be educated and to have a