Born: 13 March 1084, China
Died: 12 May 1155
Country most active: China
Also known as: 李清照, Lǐ Qīngzhào, Li Ch’ing-chao, Yian Jushi
The following is excerpted from Infinite Women creator Allison Tyra’s book Uncredited: Women’s Overlooked, Misattributed, and Stolen Work.
Alcohol is another hot-button issue. Historian Mallory O’Meara in her book Girly Drinks: A World History of Women and Alcohol, correlates the acceptance of women drinking with their broader rights in a society—the less tolerant a community is of one, the less tolerant they are of the other. In addition to forcing women out of related professions, this is also reflected in the criticism women face, such as Song dynasty poet Li Qingzhao. She wrote in depth about how much she loved alcohol, which was widely deemed inappropriate for a woman, as was the fact that she dared to divorce a man who mistreated her.