Uppity Women of Ancient Greece (Uppity Women #1)

"There is a good reason why no one has bothered to write much about women from the ancient Greek world. To find out about the times they lived in, you have to sift through the mountains of the dullest writing ever written. Despite the dustiness of the prose and the endlessness of the footnotes, I love historical research. Why? Because it's the highest form of time travel, a do-it-yourself detective story."

Vicki León, author of Uppity Women, has done seven hard years of research in the often-impenetrable thicket of classical literature and turned it into a poignant, vivid book about flesh-and-blood people. Not just about women for women, Uppity moves from Athens to Alexandria, from 600 BC, to 415 AD, from women of privilege to slaves. Uppity spends as much time on the framework in which these boat-rockers lived as on the women themselves. The result is a book that will fascinate readers of both genders.

A writer for 17 years, León has written at length on travel, wildlife, and wild women. Her books include irreverent guides to California and North America and a nature series for Black Publishing, where she has helped shape the entire book line. León also aspires to be uppity but feels her impertinence still needs work.