The Bluestockings: A History of the First Women's Movement by Susannah Gibson, 2024

An illuminating group portrait of the eighteenth-century women who dared to imagine an active life for themselves in both mind and spirit.

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It’s sad when personal health forces someone to make a career change from academic to knitwear designer, but when Kate Davies then uses all her skills to produce a book on textile history, women’s intellectual history, AND knitting patterns, you can definitely say her loss is our gain.

Now I’m going to finish my second Mercy Otis Warren sock, put it on and protest colonialism like she did.

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#Bluestockings Cooperative is an indispensible feminist bookstore in NYC. It's been a fantastic community space for as long as I can remember.

Now it's facing eviction because the store is providing Narcan — and they've actually saved lives!. Please do what you can to help. Details below...

https://www.instagram.com/p/C1MluXlOfr4/?hl=en