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The magnificent seven
Angela V John brings the stories of Welsh women fighting for equality memorably to life, says LYNNE WALSH
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Rocking the Boat: Welsh Women who Championed Equality 1840-1990
by Angela V John
(Parthian, £20)
HISTORIAN and biographer Angela V John has done a superb service in these accounts of seven remarkable Welsh women who stood up to the Establishment, struggled and triumphed.
As might be expected from an author already well known for her assiduously researched work on women’s and gender history, the writing is tight and packed with vibrant and telling detail.
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