A History of Their Own: Women in Europe from Prehistory to the Present (Vol. 1)
A History of Their Own: Women in Europe from Prehistory to the Present, (Vol. 1). Anderson, Bonnie S.; Zinsser, Judith P., HarperCollins, 1989.
HistoryISBN: 0060914521
Reexamines European history from a feminist perspective and describes what life was like for women of each period.
Volume One covers women's history from the prehistoric period to the seventeenth century. It includes topics such as the treatment of and attitudes about women during earliest recorded history; the alternating forces of empowerment and subordination imposed on women by ancient religions and the emergence of Christianity; peasant women's daily experiences of childbirth, family life, and field labor; women's religious lives; and the contrast between the lives of noblewomen and the lives of townswomen in early modern Europe.
Secure binding with clean pages and mild cover wear. A softcover book with 591 pages.