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‘Behind Every Great Man’ Brings You Bite-Sized Portraits Of Forgotten Women

April 3, 2015 by Stefanie Hollmichel 1 Comment

Behind Every Great Man: The Forgotten Women Behind the World’s Famous and Infamous by Marlene Wagman-Geller, offers a collection of short biographies, usually six to ten pages, of the wives of famous men. From Johanna Bertha Julie Jenny von Westphalen (aristocratic wife of Karl Marx) to Eva Gabrielsson (common-law wife of Stieg Larsson), from artists…

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