The Strange Case of the Alchemist's Daughter (The Extraordinary Adventures of the Athena Club, #1)

by Theodora Goss

‘We evolved from the apes. What may we yet evolve into? The forces of natural selection are no longer acting on man. So it has become our duty to direct evolution, to create the higher forms that man will become.

What could women accomplish if they did not have to continually mind their skirts, keep them from dragging in the mud or getting trampled on the steps of an omnibus? If they had pockets! With pockets, women could conquer the world!