A collection of letters that might have been written by Mozart''s mother (to her daughter), one of Milton''s daughters (to the others), Rubens'' model (to an aspiring successor), Plato''s (female) (disguised) students (to each other), and others-assuming a feminist consciousness. What would they say?

A fictional approach to women''s history

"You are clearly a writer of considerable talent, and your special ability to give expression to so many different characters, each in a uniquely appropriate style, makes your work fascinating and attractive ... . The pieces are often funny, sometimes sensitive, always creative. But they contain an enormous load of anger, and that is where I have problems ... . I know at least one feminist who would read your manuscript with delight (unfortunately she is not a publisher), who would roar with laughter in her sharing of your anger ... " rejection letter from a small Canadian press

A collection of letters that might have been written by Mozart''s mother (to her daughter), one of Milton''s daughters (to the others), Rubens'' model (to an aspiring successor), Plato''s (female) (disguised) students (to each other), and others-assuming a feminist consciousness. What would they say?

A fictional approach to women''s history

"You are clearly a writer of considerable talent, and your special ability to give expression to so many different characters, each in a uniquely appropriate style, makes your work fascinating and attractive ... . The pieces are often funny, sometimes sensitive, always creative. But they contain an enormous load of anger, and that is where I have problems ... . I know at least one feminist who would read your manuscript with delight (unfortunately she is not a publisher), who would roar with laughter in her sharing of your anger ... " rejection letter from a small Canadian press

A collection of letters that might have been written by Mozart''s mother (to her daughter), one of Milton''s daughters (to the others), Rubens'' model (to an aspiring successor), Plato''s (female) (disguised) students (to each other), and others-assuming a feminist consciousness. What would they say?

A fictional approach to women''s history

"You are clearly a writer of considerable talent, and your special ability to give expression to so many different characters, each in a uniquely appropriate style, makes your work fascinating and attractive ... . The pieces are often funny, sometimes sensitive, always creative. But they contain an enormous load of anger, and that is where I have problems ... . I know at least one feminist who would read your manuscript with delight (unfortunately she is not a publisher), who would roar with laughter in her sharing of your anger ... " rejection letter from a small Canadian press