A Strong Female Main Character

Lady Marleigh Barrett, daughter of the Earl of Wylde, is the heroine of That Wylde Woman! As a strong female character, she is a concise businesswoman with no patience for patriarchy. People have mentioned that women’s suffrage didn’t begin in England until the mid-1850s. In fact, the first women’s suffrage was in 1832 when Mary Smith from Yorkshire petitioned her MP. She and other unmarried women wanted a voice in the election of Members of Parliament.

Petitions for voting rights do not come from thin air. They are brought about after centuries of inequality. Educated women in the early 1800s began meeting, talking, and doing what they could to change their status without breaking any laws. As we know, it is often the youth that can stand no more hypocrisy and push for action.

 

Lady Marleigh Barrett is one of those youthful women. It is not a petition she insists upon. She demands a marriage contract that lawfully puts her in control of her life and resources. That Wylde Woman! is the story of one woman who demands to be in charge of her own person and the effects that can ripple through society when men finally “get it.”