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Contents include: The birth of the patriarchy : up to 600CE -- Purity, piety, and property : 600-1500 -- From empire to Enlightenment : 1500-1800 -- Knowledge and power : 1800-1914 -- The age of empowerment : 1914-1960 -- Smashing the glass ceiling : 1960 to present day.
Summary: Re-examining history from a female perspective, this book celebrates the numerous important roles women have played in culture and society that are less often told. ... reveals the key events in women's history - from early matriarchal societies through women's suffrage, the Suffragette movement, 20th-century feminism and gender politics, to recent movements such as #MeToo and International Women's Day - and the key role women have had in shaping our past. Learn about the everyday lives of women through the ages as well as the big names of women's history - powerful, inspirational, and trailblazing women such as Cleopatra, Florence Nightingale, Emmeline Pankhurst, Eva Peron, and Rosa Parks - and discover the unsung contributions of lesser-known women who have changed the world, and the "forgotten" events of women's history. Placing women firmly centre stage, Women- Our History shows women where they have come from, and, in celebrating the achievements of women of the past offers positive role models for women of today.