Uppity Women of the Renaissance

Author candid: "In my earlier books, I'd run across women who'd gone drag to follow their dreams, but when I got to this period, the number exploded! The research of Dekker and van de Pol on female transvestitism was eye-opening—this material should be part of every high school curriculum."

People magazine: "A witty look at an epoch's disorderly dames and soulful femmes, like the woman who rebuffed King Henry the Eighth—and lived."

Historian and author Elise Boulding: "Sometimes feminist scholarship takes itself too seriously. Vicki's Uppity Women series is a great antidote. This latest venture is a lighthearted peek at the behind-the-curtain-of-history doings of an amazing array of Renaissance women, from printer-publishers, peddlers, and poisoners, through soldiers, sheriffs, and thieves, to nuns and queens. How has Vicki found them all? Lots of food for reflection here."

[Pub. March 1999, Conari Press. Trade paper $14.95 ISBN 1-57324-127-X b&w art. 320 pages; bibliography; index; resource pages of Ren Faires, Shakespeare festivals, websites, publications, and organizations]