Preface to the Paperback Edition ix
Introduction 1
1. 'A Woman's Resolve'
by Boudica 15
2. 'The Heart and Stomach of a King'
by Queen Elizabeth I 18
3. 'I Am a Woman's Rights'
by Sojourner Truth 22
4. 'A Voice in the Wilderness'
by Josephine Butler 26
5. 'Freedom or Death'
by Emmeline Pankhurst 32
6. 'An Insult to Mothers'
by Eleanor Rathbone 40
7. 'The Promise of a Dream'
by Joan O'connell 47
8. 'There Are So Many Silences to Be Broken'
by Audre Lorde 52
9. 'The Lady's Not for Turning'
by Margaret Thatcher 59
10. 'On the Pulse of Morning'
by Maya Angelou 66
11. 'The Ethos of Islam Is Equality Between the Sexes'
by Benazir Bhutto 72
12. 'The Red Light Has Gone On'
by Barbara Castle 79
13. 'A Message of Hope and Healing'
by Eva Kor 84
14. 'Modernizing the Conservative Party'
by Theresa May 94
15. 'A World of Beauty and Wonder'
by Wangari Maathai 103
16. 'I Know Who I Am'
by Ellen Degeneres 110
17. 'A Door Suddenly Opened'
by Angela Merkel 116
18. 'Get Up There and Get At It'
by Alison Drake 125
19. 'Someone Has To Go There'
by Marie Colvin 130
20. 'No Limbs No Limits'
by Joanne O'Riordan 136
21. 'Driving for Freedom'
by Manal Al-Sharif 142
22. 'He Needs a Mirror'
by Julia Gillard 149
23. 'We Should All Be Feminists'
by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie 157
24. 'Let Us Pick Up Our Books and Our Pens'
by Malala Yousafzai 166
25. 'Freedom Without Fear'
by Kavita Krishnan 173
26. 'Being Beautiful Inside'
by Lupita Nyong'o 179
27. 'Parliament Must Lead by Example'
by Harriet Harman 185
28. 'HeForShe'
by Emma Watson 193
29. 'More in Common'
by Jo Cox 200
30. 'Britain Has to Play Our Part'
by Yvette Cooper 206
31. 'When They Go Low, We Go High'
by Michelle Obama 215
32. 'Physics Is Fun'
by Donna Strickland 223
33. 'Today I Rise'
by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez 227
34. 'They Are Us'
by Jacinda Ardern 231
35. 'We Will Not Rest'
by Diane Abbott 238
36. 'We Are Making History Today'
by Lilit Martirosyan 244
37. 'Let's Start Acting'
by Greta Thunberg 248
38. 'Be Better, Be Bigger'
by Megan Rapinoe 255
39. 'Sometimes There Are No Bruises'
by Rosie Duffield 260
40. 'We Will Meet Again'
by Queen Elizabeth II 268
Acknowledgements 275
Credits 277
Endnotes 280