Women in history
Chichester novelist Kate Mosse is launching a global #WomanInHistory campaign to honour and celebrate women in history.
The campaign coincides with the release of her new book The City of Tears, which went straight to number one in The Times chart and number two in the Sunday Times.
Readers are invited to get involved in the campaign ahead of International Women’s Day on March 8.
Known for her acclaimed historical adventure novels and her campaigning work championing women’s voices as founder director of the Women’s Prize for Fiction, Kate offers #WomanInHistory as a way to make sure women’s achievements from the past and present are heard and honoured.
The #WomanInHistory campaign began during the publication week for The City of Tears at an online event where Kate was joined by Jojo Moyes and special guests Bernardine Evaristo, Ken Follett, Lee Child, Bettany Hughes, Paula Hawkins, Anita Anand and Sara Collins. They all spoke about the woman in history they most wanted to champion or who they thought should be better known. Kate then officially launched the global public campaign on her Twitter, Instagram and Facebook channels. The response has been overwhelming, with thousands of readers nominating their #WomanInHistory, joined by fellow authors, business people, scientists, sports people and musicians including Courttia Newland, Kim Cattrall, Martina Navratilova, Lorraine Kelly, Katie Derham, Richard Osman, Errollyn Wallen, Anthony, Horowitz, Anita Sethi, Joanna Trollope, Charlotte Higgins, Kathy Lette, Tracy-Ann Oberman, Noma Dumezweni, Boudour Al Qasimi, Arifa Akbar, Adam Kay, Daisy Buchanan, Martha Lane Fox, Clodagh Finn and many more.
Also engaging in the campaign are organisations such as Women of the World (WOW), the Allbright Club, the Women’s Prize for Fiction, On This Day She, Books That Matter, the English Chamber Orchestra, The Pigeonhole, Women in Sport, Women in Technology and Nobel Women.
The full ‘gallery of stars’ will be announced on International Women’s Day, March 8, on the Pan Macmillan website (www.panmacmillan.com).
Readers can nominate the woman in history who most inspires them or who they think should be better known by posting on twitter or Instagram using the hashtag #WomanInHistory or emailing womaninhistory2021@gmail.com. Kate Mosse’s The City of Tears is published by Mantle (£20). Her nonfiction book on being a carer — An Extra Pair of Hands — will be published by Wellcome Collection in June.