With her graceful rhythmic flare, and real and imagined homey narrative, she presents upended views of the meaning of equality via the men around her suffragist ancestor in the time before women could vote… With Queen of the Platform, Wiseman suggests that there is a great man behind–and moreover, beside–each great woman… Wiseman challenges perceptions of feminism and justice, with her poignant and heartfelt writing via the perspective of the inspiring Matilda and the men around her….
– Weave
