Goldstone's earlier writing included a memoir about her time spent working on Wall Street, mystery novels and a series of volumes on rare books (and book collecting) with her husband, Lawrence Goldstone. March was Women's History Month, but the writer said that when you go back several centuries "the number of books (about important female figures in history) that are either out of print or have never been written is terrible." "I've been looking at all of these supposedly `obscure' women, but they weren't obscure at all, they were in charge," Goldstone said.
"History makes a lot more sense when you put the women back in" is one of the author's watchcries, along with "there has been no more effective camouflage in history than to have been born a woman. Goldstone's mission as a writer has been to shine a light on powerful women overlooked by male writers in most history books.
She never lies, but she isn't above bluffing it," Goldstone said of the way that teens can sidestep a question with the skill of an attorney testifying in front of a Grand Jury. I was helped so much by Emily being 17 to 19 (during the creation of the book). You can see that when you read her testimony in the trial. "The thing about Joan is that she was so much a teen. Having a young daughter while she was researching and writing "The Maid and the Queen" was an unexpected aid to the historian. "It's the equivalent of someone going to China today in order to unionize workers," she said of the scale of Joan's accomplishments. The young Joan of Arc's unwavering devotion in battle on behalf of France - against great odds - awed Goldstone.
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