{"product_id":"wildly-different-how-five-women-reclaimed-nature-in-a-man-s-world","title":"Wildly Different: How five women reclaimed nature in a man’s world","description":"\u003cp\u003eJoin us at\u003cstrong\u003e Dunbar Library\u003c\/strong\u003e on \u003cstrong\u003eThurs\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cb\u003eday, 6th March, at 7.30 pm\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cspan\u003ewhere we'll be joined by Sarah Lonsdale, who will be in conversation with Dan Richards about her new book, \u003cem\u003eWildly Different: How Five Women Reclaimed Nature in a Man’s World\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis event will include a Q\u0026amp;A, followed by a book signing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePlease book one ticket per person via this page. Copies of the book are available for collection from the bookshop\/delivery in advance of the event.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlternatively, copies can be collected from the signing table on the night. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eAbout \u003cem\u003eWildly Different\u003c\/em\u003e:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe globe-trotting tales of five women who fought for the right to enjoy the wild places of the earth.\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor millennia the ‘wild’ was a place heroic men went on epic quests. Women were prevented from joining them, either through physical control or powerful myths about what would happen if they ventured beyond the city wall or village boundary.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSo how did women claim their place in the remote and lovely parts of our planet? \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eWildly differen\u003c\/em\u003et, historian Sarah Lonsdale traces the lives of five women who fought for the right to work in, enjoy and help to save the earth’s wild places. We’ll meet Mina Hubbard, who outraged the exploration community when she stepped into a canoe in northern Labrador. Evelyn Cheesman, who became the first female keeper of insects at London Zoo.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDorothy Pilley, who shocked polite society by donning men’s climbing breeches. Ethel Haythornthwaite, who helped make the Peak District Britain’s first National Park. And Wangari Maathai, who started a movement to plant millions of trees across sub-Saharan Africa.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDrawing on interviews with Sir David Attenborough, Wangari Maathai’s daughter and others, Lonsdale recounts the women’s adventures across five continents. Evocative and inspiring, this book shows how women can be ‘wildly different’.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHardback, 196 pages, published 3rd March 2025.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEvent details:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVenue: Dunbar Library, \u003cspan\u003eBleachingfield Community Centre, Dunbarn, EH42 1DX\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEvent: 19:30 - 20:30\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDoors: 19:15\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eAbout Sarah Lonsdale:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSarah Lonsdale is Senior Lecturer in Journalism at City, University of London. 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