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The neglect of women’s histories perpetuates the inequality of the past. The following chapters provide two examples of women from very different time periods who were leaders in their own right, but who we might not hear about in history class.
- JR Thorpe
- María de Zayas (1590-1661) Dr. Margaret Boyle, an associate professor at Bowdoin College, tells Bustle, "I often take the opportunity to introduce María de Zayas.
- Margery Kempe (c.1383-c.1438) Art historian Nerissa Taysom, a research associate at the University of Bristol, tells Bustle, "Margery Kempe was born in the 1370s in Kings Lynn and wrote an extraordinary text now thought to be the earliest vernacular autobiography.
- Dr. Paulina Luisi (1875-1945) Dr. Christine Ehrick, a professor at the University of Louisville, says, "Dr. Paulina Luisi was a pioneering Uruguayan physicist and feminist.
- Soong Meiling (1898-2003) Dr. Kate Merkel-Hess, an associate professor at Penn State University, tells Bustle, "The former first lady of the Republic of China, Soong Meiling — better known in the West as Madame Chiang Kai-shek or May-ling Soong — has not been entirely forgotten, but she has been taken less seriously than her political influence warrants.
- Women Defined
- Women in Traditional Western Societies
- Women in Transforming Societies
- Women Challenging Epistemology
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From ancient times it has been customary to define "woman," in relationship to man, as a limited and contingent part of a dimorphic species. Western cultures have placed heavy constraints on female lives, sometimes justifying these constraints by attributing to women, such as Pandora and Eve, responsibility for human misfortunes resulting from thei...
As the story has been reconstructed, women in history have become increasingly visible (Bridenthal et al.). New anthropological studies suggest that women may have enjoyed greater equity with men in prehistorical times (Sanday). Agrarian economies with relatively little differentiation of tasks allowed for more egalitarian relationships within fami...
Inspired by the French Revolution, women in the nineteenth century began to form groups through which collectively to advocate improved treatment of their sex. By the mid-nineteenth century, organized groups we now call feminist were formed in France, England, the United States, Prussia, and even Russia, to challenge women's subject status. The new...
Modeled on the self-help agencies for women's health that first developed in the late 1960s and influenced medical practice, this new women's liberation movement has flourished in the academy, especially in the United States but increasingly in Europe and in some instances in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. The field of women's studies, which bega...
Anderson, Bonnie S., and Zinsser, Judith P. 1988. A History of Their Own: Women in Europe from Prehistory to the Present. 2 vols. New York: Harper and Row. Beauvoir, Simone de. 1952. The Second Sex, tr. and ed. Howard Madison Parshley. New York: Alfred A. Knopf. Bell, Susan Groag, and Offen, Karen M., eds. 1983. Women, the Family, and Freedom: The ...
This publication charts women’s long journey in British diplomacy from outsiders to official representatives. It attempts to bring to life the incredibly diverse and important ways in which...
Mar 5, 2018 · Women have brought countless amazing contributions to society throughout history, yet their accomplishments have often been passed over due to their gender. From successfully getting an astronaut into space to leading the suffragette movement, these women have done remarkable things.
- Ciara Appelbaum
Sep 11, 2019 · What is women’s history, why is it important, and what is the status of the history discipline? Kilden has asked four Norwegian historians about their relation to women’s history. According to Hilde Sandvik, women’s history is still an important field of research within the history discipline.
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Throughout history, many women have defied social convention and have helped to shape the modern world as we know it. Learn more about the remarkable women with links to the places we look after, from the political player who helped make Charles II king to the archaeologist who helped discover a 7th-century Saxon ship burial.
