This book details much of the social history of (European) women from prehistory to the present. There is much detail given about power, authority, preconceptions and misconceptions given throughout this book. For instance, there was a time that if a woman were raped and became pregnant, it was believed that she was not really raped at all. It was believed that if a woman became pregnant it was an indication that she had achieved orgasm during sex, thus proving that she had engaged in consensual sex.

I liked that the book is in two smaller volumes instead of one much too bulky volume. This made for much longer reading periods.

There isn't anything that I didn't like about this book.

Read volume two and also read more in the area of women's history.

Happy to not have lived during the more oppressive times.

Both of the authors of this book are teachers of history.

I enjoy learning of the achievements of people and I hope to encourage others to do the same.

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These books contain great illustrations as well as excellent bibliographis.

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