Autumn Stephens – författare

What do actress, Helen Mirren, author, Louisa May Alcott and Nobel-Prize winning scientist, Gertrude B. Elion, have in common? They are all fascinating outspoken women whose quotes along with Bette Midler, Coco Chanel, Bette Davis, Gloria Steinem and 250 more grace the pages of this ribald collection. The trouble with some women is that they get all excited about nothing - and then they marry him.-CherI am a woman meant for a man, but I never found a man who could compete.-Bette DavisYou can be up to your boobies in white satin, with gardenias in your hair and no sugar cane for miles, but you can still be working on a plantation.-Billie HolidayI base most of my fashion taste on what doesn't itch.-Gilda RadnerThis is an outrageous, amusing, and sometime ribald collection of candid observations on a variety of topics. Each page offers wit and wisdom on everything from bras to babies, shopping to sex, menopause to men, politics to parties from the most famous and infamous women of the past and present.

Badass Victorian Women“Wild Women is a delightful collection of riveting stories about our independent, iconoclastic, and utterly outrageous foremothers.” – Vicki Leon, author of Uppity Women of Ancient Times.#1 New Release in Politics & Social Sciences, ReferenceEnjoy a fascinating and sometimes humorous glimpse into the lives of over one hundred, 19th-century Victorian era American women who refused to whittle themselves down to the Victorian model of proper womanhood. Included in Wild Women are 50-black-and-white photos from the era.During the Victorian era a woman’s pedestal was her prison.“Women should not be expected to write, or fight, or build, or compose scores. She does all by inspiring man to do all.” ─ Ralph Waldo Emerson“There is nothing more dangerous for a young woman than to rely chiefly upon her intellectual powers, her wit, her imagination, her fancy.” ─ Godey’s Lady’s Book magazineBut, scores of nineteenth-century American women chose to live life on their terms. In this book you will meet women who refused to remain on a Victorian pedestal. In San Francisco a courtesan appeared as a plaintiff in court, suing her clients for fraud. In Montana a laundress in her seventies decked a gentleman who refused to pay his bill. A forty-three-year-old schoolteacher plunged down Niagara Falls in a wooden barrel. A frail lighthouse keeper pulled twenty-two sinking sailors out of the ocean off Rhode Island. A pair of Colorado madams fought a public pistol duel over their mutual beau. Two lady lovebirds were legally wed in Michigan. An ad hoc abolitionist spirited away scores of slaves on the Underground Railroad. A Secessionist spy swallowed a secret message as she was arrested, claiming that no one could capture her soul.Readers of books for women such as Women Who Run with the Wolves or Badass Affirmations will love this book about Victorian women who refused to accept the gender roles of their day.

Words of Wisdom from Wild WomenIn Wild Words from Wild Women, author and feminist August Stephens compiles words of wisdom from much loved famous feminists. Hilarious, inspiring, and empowering, this pocket book of affirmation quotes is the perfect gift for all nasty women with something to say.Some tongues just can’t be tamed. What can be better than words of wisdom from wild gals? Wild Words from Wild Women is a ribald compilation of powerful women quotes; everything from bras to babies, menopause to men, and politics to parties. Featuring historically nasty women like Jane Austen and Billie Jean King, these famous feminists knew how to read between the lines─and now you can too.Girls run the world. These words of wisdom─from strippers, CEOs, poets, senators, and every woman in between─make delectable reading for sassy, untamable, and fabulous ladies everywhere. In the time of “Girl Boss” learn why and how girls run the world with Wild Words from Wild Women.Inside, find powerful women quotes from famous feminists like:Billie HolidayVirginia WolfeCoco ChanelAnd many more!If you enjoyed books like Badass Affirmations, Daily Affirmations for Women, or I Really Needed This Right Now, then you’ll love Wild Words from Wild Women.