The book’s four sections (on activists, artists, pathbreakers and icons) provide plenty to discover, making it a great reference to check before any trip. It’s also fascinating to page through and learn about places and people, like the record store in Reykjavik, Iceland, that was once Björk’s home base, the Brontë sisters’ family home in Haworth, England, and Honolulu’s Iolani Palace, where Hawaii’s last monarch, Queen Lili’uokalani, once lived. (Erica Pearson)

In Her Footsteps
Where Trailblazing Women Changed the World
Lonely Planet
ISBN: 978-1838690458
2020

Discover the lives and locations of trailblazing women who changed the course of history as you journey to the heart of women’s activism, history and creativity through the ages.
From the temple of Queen Hatshepsut in Egypt and Empress Dowager Cixi’s summer palace in Beijing, to the homes and meeting sites of suffragette heroes Sylvia Pankhurst and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, the creative workrooms of Frida Kahlo and Virginia Woolf, and the tennis courts where the Williams sisters first learned to play – we showcase female pioneers whose lives and actions continue to inspire today.
In Her Footsteps is not only a celebration of incredible women, but a travel guide to the places where they studied, lived, worked, reigned and explored. We’ll tell you where to find the secret feminist history of sites around the world.

The Brontë sisters are featured in the book as a whole, but Emily Brontë has an individual entry, just for herself.