Women’s history: a niche topic?

Abstract

The book review: "Josephina, Ignez, and Délia: The Combative Literature of Women of Letters in Late-19th-Century Brazil" highlights Laila Correa e Silva's meticulous research, based on 19th-century Brazilian feminist newspapers, demonstrating the existence of a network of writers engaged in female emancipation. The writers named in the book, among others, are part of a transnational movement. The analysis questions the limited place of women's history in academia and highlights the importance of an interdisciplinary approach to revising the literary canon.