The Women's History of the WorldExamines women's contribution to the evolution of the human race, and the female achievement on every level-cultural, commercial domestic, emotional, and social. |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 51
Page 27
... daughter of the Goddess ' and ' the Goddess ' herself . As this indicates , the power of the Goddess was inherited , passed from mother to daughter in a direct line . A man only became king when he married the source of power ; he did ...
... daughter of the Goddess ' and ' the Goddess ' herself . As this indicates , the power of the Goddess was inherited , passed from mother to daughter in a direct line . A man only became king when he married the source of power ; he did ...
Page 45
... daughter . Under these circumstances , ruling women rapidly became pawns in male power - games , their importance only acknowledged by the lengths men went to to possess or control them . Galla Placida , daughter of the Roman Emperor ...
... daughter . Under these circumstances , ruling women rapidly became pawns in male power - games , their importance only acknowledged by the lengths men went to to possess or control them . Galla Placida , daughter of the Roman Emperor ...
Page 207
... daughter that childbirth was ' no more than a jog of the elbow ' , when his wife had died in childbed , as this daughter was to do two months later . Much more honest was the anxiety evinced by Madame de Sevigné , when her beloved only ...
... daughter that childbirth was ' no more than a jog of the elbow ' , when his wife had died in childbed , as this daughter was to do two months later . Much more honest was the anxiety evinced by Madame de Sevigné , when her beloved only ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
activity Africa American attack baby became birth blood body born British century child childbirth Christianity civilisation colonial contraception cultures custom daughter death demands divine domination early Elizabeth Elizabeth Cady Stanton empire England Enheduanna equality fact father female feminism feminist fight freedom genital girls Goddess hands historian human hunting husband Industrial Revolution inferior Islam Judaism king labour Lady lives lord lover male marriage married Mary Mary Ritter Beard masculine matriarchy men's menstruation modern mother Muhammad Myra Shackley myth nature never Nigel Calder night Olympe de Gouges oppression organisation patriarchal penis phallus political prostitutes queen race recorded religions Revolution revolutionary Riencourt ritual Robert Ardrey role Roman sacred sexual sisters slave social society status stone story struggle suffered survival Thomas Huxley took tribe vagina virgin vulva wife wives woman women women's rights worldwide worship young