Thanks for Typing
Author: Juliana Dresvina
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Published: 2021-02-11
Total Pages: 329
ISBN-13: 1350150053
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"As the #ThanksforTyping movement has shown, anonymous women working to support the work of their male relations and colleagues has been, and often still is, a universal phenomenon. These essays show just how long intelligent and determined women have been side-lined, ignored or forgotten throughout history. From the mother of the poet Philip Larkin to the wife of Ghana's first president, this book uncovers the uncredited contributions of wives, daughters, mothers, companions and female assistants who laboured in the shadows of famous men"--