Elizabeth Kerri Mahon is from New York. An avid reader of history books, Kerri Mahon was inspired to learn about the women who made it. She is the creator of the blog Scandalous Women,http-//scandalouswoman.blogspot.com, launched in the fall of 2007.Scandalous Women was named one of the 100 Most Awesome Blogs for History Junkies by Best Colleges.com. Elizabeth is a member of the Historical Novel Society, The Victorian Society of America, RWA, and RWA NYC.
While many of the facts surrounding these lives are familiar, Mahon
weaves page-turner narratives from her passion and affection for
these spectacular but often misrepresented women.---Bookpage
Elizabeth Kerri Mahon's Scandalous Women is an invaluable resource
of women's studies, pulling back the curtain of embellishment
(often woven by the woman being studied herself) to reveal the
stark (sometimes literally!) truth behind some of the greatest
women of history -- from ancient pillars like Cleopatra and Boudica
to more contemporary glass-ceiling shatterers like Amelia Earhart
and Gertrude Bell. Perhaps the best I can say is that Elizabeth
Kerri Mahon's work is a magnet for the mind, an education for the
misinformed, and scandalously delicious. Very recommended.---The
Trades
There are sexual shenanigans here, to be sure, but also plenty of
wonderful portraits of women responsible for major events in
history – whether directly or through the men who, thinking
themselves the controllers, were in fact the ones being
controlled.---InfoDad
Overall, history lite—a very readable flyby of some notables in
women’s history.
---Bethany Latham, Historical Novel Society
I was entranced by Scandalous Women from page one, and it didn’t
let lose its hold on me until I had reached the end . . . If you
are looking for entertainment as well as facts that will turn many
of your preconceived notions inside out, then this is the book for
you. Ms. Mahon has done a wonderful job telling the stories of
important women throughout history.
---Book Wenches
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