
Innocent Flowers
The Edwardian actress, glamorous and privileged, was the sex symbol of her time. Yet her life was a paradox: off stage she could marry, divorce and take lovers with impugnity; on stage she had to play dutiful wives or daughters or ''scarlet women''.
Thousands of these spirited women set out to change the conventional roles they played - and to change the world. Some of them were famous - Athene Se...
The Edwardian actress, glamorous and privileged, was the sex symbol of her time. Yet her life was a paradox: off stage she could marry, divorce and take lovers with impugnity; on stage she had to play dutiful wives or daughters or ''scarlet women''.
Thousands of these spirited women set out to change the conventional roles they played - and to change the world. Some of them were famous - Athene Se...