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EMILY MIDORIKAWA is the coauthor of A Secret Sisterhood- The Literary Friendships of Jane Austen, Charlotte Bronte, George Eliot, and Virginia Woolf. Her work has been published in The Washington Post, The Paris Review, Lapham's Quarterly, Time, and elsewhere. She is a winner of the Lucy Cavendish Fiction Prize and was a runner-up for the SI Leeds Literary Prize and the Yeovil Literary Prize. She teaches at New York University London.
Drawing on archival material and contemporary accounts of the women's personal and professional entanglements, Midorikawa briskly recounts their eventful lives, accomplishing the goal inherent in the book's title. A well-researched, fresh contribution to women's history. --Kirkus Reviews Entertaining and informative . . . Midorikawa doesn't stint on the drama, detailing money troubles, sisterly discord, poor marital choices, and fraud accusations as she builds a persuasive case for the Spiritualist movement's considerable influence on 'the journey toward female empowerment.' Women's history buffs will be enthralled. --Publishers Weekly [Emily] Midorikawa (A Secret Sisterhood, 2017) presents the stories of six female spiritualists and the incredible impact that they had on society and politics . . . The author does an excellent job of characterizing the social milieu and constraints that these women were subject to . . . This well-researched book offers insight into a unique niche of women's history, and would be a worthy addition to most libraries. --Booklist If you've been bored or frustrated by superficial groupings of women described as 'badass, ' 'daring, ' or 'fearless, ' only to discover the text is basically linked Wikipedia articles, congratulations, you found what you were looking for all along: An actual scholar who quotes salacious diary entries and intimate letters alongside essential context and cutting analysis. I'm now an Emily Midorikawa completist, and I'm quite certain you'll soon be, too. --Alexis Coe, New York Times bestselling author of You Never Forget Your First: A Biography of George Washington Astonishing, gripping, and almost eerily timely. Midorikawa's tender, elegant prose is a joy to read and her fascination with her subjects irresistible. --Julie Myerson, author of The Stopped Heart This book is a treasure--a little known history about forgotten movers and shakers, women who influenced our country in unimaginable, and unseen (to say the least) ways. Reader: you need this book! Take it home with you and learn about a potent part of our history that you didn't know you needed to know. Written with seamless clarity, Midorikawa has produced another true gem. I LOVE THIS BOOK. --Mira Ptacin, author of The In-Betweens: The Spiritualists, Mediums, and Legends of Camp Etna Public speaking was a disreputable occupation for Victorian-era women--unless they were communicating with the dead, a skill that turned out to be much in demand and often quite lucrative. Emily Midorikawa's account of six women who were adept at working psychic miracles offers a fascinating new view of fame, belief, and feminism. --Laura Shapiro, author of What She Ate: Six Remarkable Women and the Food that Tells Their Stories I was captivated by Midorikawa's vivid portraits of Victorian-era women who used their Spiritualism to rise from obscurity and poverty to astonishing, often dizzying, social and political influence. Out of the Shadows brings to the fore the forgotten histories of these bold, radical, ambitious and complicated women, who campaigned for women's equal rights and suffrage, and even to become America's first female president--all while channeling the voices and guidance of the dead. Meticulously researched, engrossing, poignant and often very humorous, Out of the Shadows does a huge service to feminist history. --Susan Barker, author of The Incarnations
