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Celebrating the 20th-Century Women Who Went to Sea

By Julia Jones

Hardcover | 336 pages | 9" × 6"
Reviewed in WoodenBoat No. 307

Spanning the late 19th century to the present day, Celebrating the 20th-Century Women Who Went to Sea explores the lives of remarkable and unconventional women who answered the call of the water—often in defiance of the expectations placed upon them.

Julia Jones brings together stories of single-handed sailors, wealthy explorers, long-suffering wives, and penniless adventurers driven by an unshakable thirst for the sea. Each woman confronted formidable barriers: official exclusion, family-imposed restrictions, social disapproval, and the quiet, corrosive challenge of self-doubt.

Richly researched and vividly told, this book is both a celebration of courage and a revealing look at how determination and imagination carried these women beyond the limits of their time.

Acknowledgements

Introduction: Pink Shorts: Women overlooked

1 Circumnavigating for pleasure2 Invisible women at sea3 New designs for 'New Women'4 Outdoor women5 Independent Irish women6 Pioneering women in the First World War7 Overcoming trauma8 Post-war pioneers and fickle yacht owners9 Sailing on the last of the grain ships10 Pleasure sailors between the wars11 Women sailors in the Second World War12 Women's lives disrupted by the war13 Unexpected jobs in wartime14 Discovering courage15 Adapting to the post-war world16 Mixed-sex sailing, 1950s to 1970s17 Women in offshore racing18 Sailing from the Clyde19 Families at sea20 Femininity and determination21 Women making their own way22 The role of skipper23 Married teamwork24 Winners25 Changing priorities

This is temp oos, due Mid Feb.

Celebrating the 20th-Century Women Who Went to Sea

Table of Contents

History Books

Longitude

Drift Boats & River Dories

Pilots II

New England Masts and the King's Broad Arrow

Crash Boat

Vencedor

Sailing the Sweetwater Seas

A Race for Real Sailors

Two Centuries of Maine Shipbuilding

Rope

In a Class All Their Own

Stars to Steer By