{"product_id":"blue-stockings-9781848423299","title":"Blue Stockings","description":"A moving, comical and eye-opening story of four young women fighting for education and self-determination against the larger backdrop of women's suffrage. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e1896. Girton College, Cambridge, the first college in Britain to admit women. The Girton girls study ferociously and match their male peers grade for grade. Yet, when the men graduate, the women leave with nothing but the stigma of being a 'blue stocking' - an unnatural, educated woman. They are denied degrees and go home unqualified and unmarriageable. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn ?\u003ci\u003eBlue Stockings\u003c\/i\u003e?, Tess Moffat and her fellow first years are determined to win the right to graduate. But little do they anticipate the hurdles in their way: the distractions of love, the cruelty of the class divide or the strength of the opposition, who will do anything to stop them. The play follows them over one tumultuous academic year, in their fight to change the future of education. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCracking... leaves you astonished at the prejudices these educational pioneers had to overcome. - \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBrings wit and intelligence to a meaty subject. - \u003ci\u003eEvening Standard\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLively and eye-opening. - \u003ci\u003eIndependent\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThoughtful and provocative... thoroughly researched and grippingly dramatised. - \u003ci\u003eThe Stage\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTouching and entertaining... Swale tells the story with both wit and a hint of righteous indignation. - \u003ci\u003eTelegraph\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eJessica Swale\u003c\/b\u003e is a director, playwright, workshop leader and educator. She is Artistic Director of Red Handed Theatre Company, works regularly with the National Theatre, Out of Joint and various drama schools, and leads theatre projects in developing countries for Youth Bridge Global. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-4674480\"\u003eJessica Swale\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Nick Hern Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/01\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 120\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.70h x 5.10w x 0.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781848423299\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1848423292\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-DRA\"\u003eDrama\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-DRA003000\"\u003eEuropean | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJessica Swale is a director, playwright, workshop leader and educator. She is Artistic Director of Red Handed Theatre Company, works regularly with the National Theatre, Out of Joint and various drama schools, and leads theatre projects in developing countries for Youth Bridge Global.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Nick Hern Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44449447084269,"sku":"9781848423299","price":32.52,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_50784597-d606-4658-b527-a3bf56a0ffb3.jpg?v=1700311410","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/es\/products\/blue-stockings-9781848423299","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}