MOTHER TONGUE: THE SURPRISING HISTORY OF WOMENS WORDS (PB)

In the history of language, one might expect to find misogyny around each corner. Yet from the monthly flux or flowers to the maegs that experience them, from the original helpmeet, Eve, to the viragos who fronted early feminism, there is a wealth of riches for describing women's experiences, lives and selves. In the walk towards sexual equality, we've paradoxically lost some of the most expressive and eloquent bits of our vocabulary. This book shines a light on them, dusts them off, and sees what they can say to us today.