Charlotte Stopes was the first woman in Scotland to get a university qualification. She devoted her life to studying Shakespeare and the promotion of women in public life. Though Charlotte is largely forgotten, her daughter Marie is well known. Green asserts that Marie’s success can only be understood in relation to the achievements of her mother.

Rediscovering Forgotten Radicals: British Women Writers, 1889-1939

Frances Wright was one of the pioneers in the fight for women's reproductive rights in late-19th century America. She received little support at the time, but laid the foundation for those who followed. Margaret Sanger championed the universal availability of contraception. Betty Friedan founded the National Organization for Women (NOW). This is a collection of eleven biographies of these three women and eight others (Anne Besant, Emma Goldman, Marie Stopes, Mary Dennett, Mary Calderone, Katherine Dexter McCormick, Sarah Weddington and Virginia Johnson) who fought for women's reproductive rights and their right to education about sexuality. Each made a significant contribution to women's emancipation from repressive sexual attitudes and laws.