Christine Feldman-Barrett is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Humanities, Languages and Social Science at Griffith University, Australia, and is a member of the Griffith Centre for Social and Cultural Research. She is the author of ‘We are the Mods’: A Transnational History of a Youth Subculture (2009), the first scholarly book dedicated to the history and global reach of Mod culture, and the editor of Lost Histories of Youth Culture (2015). She has published on topics of youth culture history in various collected volumes and in the Journal of Youth Studies, Space and Culture, Feminist Media Studies, and Popular Music and Society.

A groundbreaking addition to the band’s endless bibliography that documents how female fans created, cultivated and continue to ensure the band’s legacy

• List of Illustrations AcknowledgmentsIntroducing A Women’s History of the Beatles1. “Remember Me:” Stories from Merseyside2. With the Beatles: A Fan History 3. “Don’t Blame it On Yoko”: Wives and Girlfriends in the Beatles Fairy Tale 4. “Free as a Bird”: Music-Making and the Liberatory Beatlesque 5. “Think For Yourself”: Entrepreneurs and Intellectuals Conclusion: Beatles History, Women’s Lives Notes Bibliography Index

Christine Feldman-Barrett is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Humanities, Languages and Social Science at Griffith University, Australia, and is a member of the Griffith Centre for Social and Cultural Research. She is the author of ‘We are the Mods’: A Transnational History of a Youth Subculture (2009), the first scholarly book dedicated to the history and global reach of Mod culture, and the editor of Lost Histories of Youth Culture (2015). She has published on topics of youth culture history in various collected volumes and in the Journal of Youth Studies, Space and Culture, Feminist Media Studies, and Popular Music and Society.

A groundbreaking addition to the band’s endless bibliography that documents how female fans created, cultivated and continue to ensure the band’s legacy

• List of Illustrations AcknowledgmentsIntroducing A Women’s History of the Beatles1. “Remember Me:” Stories from Merseyside2. With the Beatles: A Fan History 3. “Don’t Blame it On Yoko”: Wives and Girlfriends in the Beatles Fairy Tale 4. “Free as a Bird”: Music-Making and the Liberatory Beatlesque 5. “Think For Yourself”: Entrepreneurs and Intellectuals Conclusion: Beatles History, Women’s Lives Notes Bibliography Index

Christine Feldman-Barrett is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Humanities, Languages and Social Science at Griffith University, Australia, and is a member of the Griffith Centre for Social and Cultural Research. She is the author of ‘We are the Mods’: A Transnational History of a Youth Subculture (2009), the first scholarly book dedicated to the history and global reach of Mod culture, and the editor of Lost Histories of Youth Culture (2015). She has published on topics of youth culture history in various collected volumes and in the Journal of Youth Studies, Space and Culture, Feminist Media Studies, and Popular Music and Society.

A groundbreaking addition to the band’s endless bibliography that documents how female fans created, cultivated and continue to ensure the band’s legacy

• List of Illustrations AcknowledgmentsIntroducing A Women’s History of the Beatles1. “Remember Me:” Stories from Merseyside2. With the Beatles: A Fan History 3. “Don’t Blame it On Yoko”: Wives and Girlfriends in the Beatles Fairy Tale 4. “Free as a Bird”: Music-Making and the Liberatory Beatlesque 5. “Think For Yourself”: Entrepreneurs and Intellectuals Conclusion: Beatles History, Women’s Lives Notes Bibliography Index