ENG: Rebels: New Women and the Modern Nation—A Collective of Authors

“Rebels: New Women and the Modern Nation” is a stylish and dynamic non-fiction book about the women who shaped modern Ukraine.
Key Points About the Book:
Heroines: A collection of biographies of Lesya Ukrainka, Olha Kobylianska, Nataliia Kobrynska, and other intellectuals who broke stereotypes.
Theme: The struggle for the right to education, a career of one’s own, and a political voice at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries.
Focus: Feminism as the driving force of national progress. The book demonstrates that without these women, the modern Ukrainian nation would not have been possible.
Format: Lively essays by leading literary scholars that read like a gripping series about strong and free women.
This is a manifesto of female strength and intellect, replacing the image of the “guardian” with that of an active creator of history.