Whoever reads becomes wise and asks uncomfortable questions. When women begin to understand reading as a way to exchange the confined world of home for the limitless world of thoughts, imagination, and also knowledge, they become a threat. Because reading women can acquire knowledge through the appropriate literature that was originally not intended for them. In his bestseller "Women Who Read Are Dangerous," Stefan Bollmann explores this exciting chapter of women's reading history with a keen eye for detail, now reissued in a beautifully bound edition. In a skillful publishing manner, the book, adorned with numerous illustrations, presents reading women in painting and photography. The range spans from the Middle Ages to the present, with a focus on the 19th and 20th centuries. The selected paintings, drawings, and photographs are accompanied by brief texts.