Badly Behaved Women is a history of modern feminism focusing predominantly on the UK/USA starting with the suffragettes in 1910, covering second and third wave feminism, intersectionality, feminist art, sport, the 2017 Women's March, and the rise of fourth wave feminism.

This book feels inspiring as we see what changes have been made and the power and voices of so many amazing womxn. However in some ways it was also unsettling to see that it was within my parents lifetime when womxn were expected to be stay at home wives, couldn't have an abortion, didn't have access to the contraceptive pill (in the UK, as there are still many women that do not have these freedoms).

Anne-Marie Crowhurst makes an effort to ensure her history is intersectional as she examines how black womxn have been excluded at various points throughout history. How LGBTQ+ communities were often exiled from the feminist communities and this started the radical lesbian feminist groups. She looks at fatphobia and body positivity. She had contributions from contemporary women from across the globe and differently abled women. I would have liked to have seen more explicit inclusion of the voices of Indigenous women and Muslim women specifically. However I think based on the scope and bresdth of the book the work manages to offer a lot.

The cultural and historical moments predominantly focus on the UK/USA, although global timelines for things like women's suffrage and abortion laws do cover the globe. There are also numerous contributions from contemporary womxn globally throughout the book which I really enjoyed.

The pictures and sources (various adverts, posters, documents) that were included in this book were well placed and referenced and I think really helped to support Crowhurst project. They also bring to life the feminist history and the story of womxn which I really loved.

I think this is an incredibly inspiring and well put together history of feminism that is accessible for all, adults and children. Those that love history and feminism will particularly love this work!

Thank you so much to @welbeckpublish for my review copy as I absolutely adored this book.