About this item
In this entertaining and eye-opening collection, writer, actor, and feminist Tracy Dawson showcases trailblazers throughout history who disguised themselves as men and continuously broke the rules to gain access and opportunities denied them because they were women."This book will surprise, astonish, and hopefully anger you on the lengths women have had to go to pursue their dreams. Tracy has such a gift for storytelling and making history leap off the page. Her book has a wit that suggests it was written by a man since everyone knows women aren't this funny." - Kay Cannon, writer, producer, director (the Pitch Perfect films, Cinderella) "A smart, funny journey through history that introduces us to the rule breakers who made history worth traveling through.
About the Author
Tracy Dawson is the author of Let Me Be Frank: A Book About Women Who Dressed Like Men to Do Shit They Weren't Supposed to Do, coming from HarperCollins in May 2022. Tracy began on the mainstage of the renowned Second City in Toronto. In 2009 Tracy won an emerging TV writer award at the Banff World Television Festival and was soon staffed as a writer (and later cast as a lead actor) on the Canadian comedy series, Call Me Fitz. Tracy went on to win the Gemini Award and the Canadian Screen Award for Best Lead Comedic Actress for her work opposite Jason Priestley on Fitz. Tracy's play, them & us, was produced in 2009 by the prestigious Theatre Passe Muraille in Toronto. In 2014 Tracy worked as a writer on the TBS sitcom Your Family Or Mine. She got to write jokes for Richard Dreyfuss and Ed Begley Jr. on that show. Ed called her a genius once. I'm just saying. Tracy has sold several television projects in both Canada and the U.S.
