feminism

  Today, we’re delighted to welcome author and publisher Amanda Saint to The Literary Lounge. Amanda is the founder of Retreat West, a creative writing organisation and independent publisher. Her dystopian climate change novel, Remember Tomorrow, was published earlier this year.  First of all, welcome, Amanda. Thanks so much for joining us.   LS: Amanda, … Continue readings →

Tags : Amanda Saint, dystopian, feminism, independent publishers, Margaret Atwood, Remember Tomorrow, Retreat West, the word for freedom

  On 23 June 1919, seven exceptional women gathered at 46 Dover Street in London’s Mayfair to do something that had never been done before – to create a professional organisation dedicated to campaigning for women’s rights. It was the official birth of the Women’s Engineering Society, the fruit of an idea conceived  several months … Continue readings →

Tags : feminism, feminist history, Magnificent Women and their Revolutionary Machines, suffrage, women's history