In this entertaining and eye-opening collection writer actor and feminist Tracy Dawson
showcases trailblazers throughout history who disguised themselves as men and continuously
broke the rules to gain access and opportunities denied them because they were women. This book
will surprise astonish and hopefully anger you on the lengths women have had to go to pursue
their dreams. Tracy has such a gift for storytelling and making history leap off the page. Her
book has a wit that suggests it was written by a man since everyone knows women aren't this
funny.-Kay Cannon writer producer director (the Pitch Perfect films Cinderella) A smart
funny journey through history that introduces us to the rule breakers who made history worth
traveling through.-Patton Oswalt comedian actor and author I came up with Tracy as a fellow
sketch comedian on the vomit-soaked stages of the Toronto comedy scene. And like the brilliant
resourceful rule-breaking damn-well-stubborn sisters in Let Me Be Frank Tracy is someone who
gets the job done and gets it done well.-Samantha Bee Full Frontal with Samantha Bee Let Me
Be Frank illuminates with a wry warmth the incredible stories of a diverse group of women from
different ethnicities and cultural backgrounds who have defied the patriarchy refusing to
allow men or the status quo to define their lives or break their spirit. An often sardonic and
thoroughly impassioned homage to female ingenuity and tenacity the women profiled in this
inspiring anthology broke the rules to reach their goals and refused to take no for an answer.
These women took matters into their own hands dressing-sometimes literally sometimes
figuratively-as men to do what they wanted to do. This includes competing in marathons
publishing books escaping enslavement practicing medicine tunneling deep in the earth as
miners taking to the seas as pirates and serving on the frontlines in the military among many
other pursuits. Not only did these women persist many unknowingly made history and ultimately
inspired later generations in doing so. This compendium is an informative and enthralling
celebration of these revolutionary badasses who have changed the world and our lives. Let Me Be
Frank is filled with more than two dozen specially commissioned full-color illustrations and
hand-lettering by artist Tina Berning whose multi-award-winning work has been published in
numerous publications and anthologies worldwide and is designed by Alex Kalman. WOMEN PROFILED
INCLUDE: Jeanne Baret * Anne Bonny and Mary Read * Christian Caddell * Ellen Craft * Catalina
De Erauso * Louise Augustine Gleizes * Hatshepsut * Annie Hindle and Florence Hines* Pili
Hussein * Joan of Arc * Rena Rusty Kanokogi * Margaret King * Dorothy Lawrence * Tarpé Mills *
Hannah Snell * Kathrine Switzer * Maria Toorpakai * Dr. Mary Edwards Walker * Cathay Williams
