On a Saturday in New York City in 1912, around the wooden tables of a popular Greenwich Village restaurant, a group of women gathered, all of them convinced that they were going to change the world.
It was the first meeting of “Heterodoxy,” a secret social club. Its members were passionate advocates of free love, equal marriage, and easier divorce. They were socialites and socialists; reformers and revolutionaries; artists, writers, and scientists. Their club, at the heart of America’s bohemia, was a springboard for parties, performances, and radical politics. But it was the women’s extraordinary friendships that made their unconventional lives possible, as they supported each other in pushing for a better world.
Hotbed is the never-before-told story of the bold women whose audacious ideas and unruly acts transformed a feminist agenda into a modern way of life.
Review
I cannot resist a book about the strong women who featured throughout history. Needless to say, I jumped at the chance to learn more bout the women of Heterodoxy.
Hotbed is an extremely well-researched book. The author goes to amazing lengths to fit every piece of information in. I appreciated how the personalities of the different women shone through the book, instead of just a stoic retelling of the events they were involved in. The women were brought even more to life by the inclusion of their portraits.
As much as I felt the book was well-researched and I learned a lot, I did find it difficult to read. There was just so much information included that it felt overwhelming at times. Most days, I could only manage one chapter before I had to go put the book down and process everything.
Interested in learning more about the roots of feminism? Pick up your copy of Hotbed here.
I received a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.
Joyful Antidotes 
It sounds interesting, I always take longer to read non-fiction than anything else, especially, if it is densely packed.