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. |
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Page 74
... marriage by her male guardian . Women were denied security within marriage . Like choice , divorce became a solely male prerogative , to be evoked at will , as in the contemptuous Islamic formula . Another innovation to promote ...
... marriage by her male guardian . Women were denied security within marriage . Like choice , divorce became a solely male prerogative , to be evoked at will , as in the contemptuous Islamic formula . Another innovation to promote ...
Page 85
... marriage Throughout the known world both legislation and social custom en- shrined the power of a father to marry his daughter where he chose , and to take any steps necessary to ensure that his choice was obeyed . When the young ...
... marriage Throughout the known world both legislation and social custom en- shrined the power of a father to marry his daughter where he chose , and to take any steps necessary to ensure that his choice was obeyed . When the young ...
Page 86
... marriage all too readily reveals itself as a sophisticated form of female infanticide , for millions of these girls died from gynaecological damage , or in childbirth , every year . As late as 1921 , the British Government Official ...
... marriage all too readily reveals itself as a sophisticated form of female infanticide , for millions of these girls died from gynaecological damage , or in childbirth , every year . As late as 1921 , the British Government Official ...
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