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had a career with a single goal: to find ways of relieving human suffering

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Rebel Crossings keyword-british-empire had a career with aIn a feat of extraordinary archival research Sheila Rowbotham uncovers six little known women and men whose lives were both dramatic and startlingly radical. Rowbotham tells a story that moves from Bristol, Belfast and Edinburgh to Massachusetts and the wildernesses of California, showing how rebellious ideas were formed and travelled across the Atlantic. Rebel Crossings offers fascinating perspectives on the historical interaction of feminism,