I see it as my job to try to make history to be a popular thing. The longer I keep going the less weird it will be to be a female historian.
Lucy WorsleyRead
My ideal viewer is an 11-year-old girl who, like me, was once reading a book by Jean Plaidy and might be in the position of deciding what to make of the world and what to do with her life.
Interpretation
What this quote means
The quote expresses the desire to inspire young readers to understand and navigate their world.
Lucy Worsley's quote highlights her aspiration to connect with young girls at a formative age, encouraging them to reflect on literature and its implications for their lives. By referencing her own experience with reading, she underscores the power of books to shape perspectives and inspire actions in a young person's journey of self-discovery and decision-making.
Themes
BooksLiteratureInspirationYouthSelf-Discovery
In practice
Example use cases
In a speech about the importance of reading, I might quote Lucy Worsley to emphasize how books can influence young minds.
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All quotes →There's a big mistake that people make with history, which is to think that people in the past were just like us, but wearing crinolines. They lived in different worlds.
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