Kobylianska demythologized the prevailing notions about the idealized woman by showing that there was little romantic purity in village women’s lives.

‘I started buying works by women and it became addictive.’

Apparently 48% of aristocratic women from England between 1350 and 1500 made bequests of books in their wills compared with 18% of noblemen.

Sport allowed her to transcend the language barrier

Thinking back over the last 10 years, it seems that the challenges to full equality for women are as formidable as ever.