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Whether pagan, Jewish, or Christian, religion was an integral part of the lives of women in the Greco-Roman world. Yet studies of the ancient Mediterranean world have focused almost exclusively on the religious beliefs and practices of men. In Her Share of the...
The history of the British working classes has until recently been written with a focus on the workplace or on such male organizations as clubs, unions, or national political parties. This study of mothers in London before the First World War stresses the...
The national press has recently lavished coverage on several major sex-related scandals: the Clarence Thomas-Anita Hill hearings, the William Kennedy Smith rape trial, and the Mike Tyson case. With each event came lurid stories pitting either a loose or a virginal woman...
Nur Jahan was one of the most powerful and influential women in Indian history. Born on a caravan traveling from Teheran to India, she became the last (eighteenth) wife of the Mughal emperor Jahangir and effectively took control of the government as he bowed to the...
Exploring the place of women in the socioeconomic system formulated in the Mishnah, a book of legal rules with a spiritual basis compiled by Jewish sages in second-century Palestine, this study reveals a fundamental ambiguity in the role of women. Both the property and...
A synthesis of literary critical and historical methods, Porterfield's book combines insightful analysis of Puritan theological writings with detailed examinations of historical records showing the changing patterns of church membership and domestic life. She finds that...
One of the most colorful characters in modern history, Catherine II of Russia began her life as a minor German princess, until the childless Empress Elizabeth and Catherine's own scheming mother married her off to the Grand Duke Peter of Russia at age sixteen. By...
Based on personal accounts by birthing women and their medical attendants, Brought to Bed reveals how childbirth has changed from colonial times to the present. Judith Walzer Leavitt's study focuses on the traditional woman-centered home-birthing practices, their...
Housewives constitute a large section of the population, yet they have received very little attention, let alone respect. Glenna Matthews, who herself spent many years as "just a housewife" before becoming a scholar of American history, sets out to redress this...
The discovery of the fascinating and richly documented story of Sister Benedetta Carlini, Abbess of the Convent of the Mother of God, by Judith C. Brown was an event of major historical importance. Not only is the story revealed in Immodest Acts that of the rise and...
Quebec spoils its families, according to some, with those “long” parental leaves—a full year for mothers (Imagine!)—well-subsidized childcare and more. Marilyse Hamelin challenges that restrictive view. But she adds that although progress has been made compared to other...
In Keetsahnak / Our Murdered and Missing Indigenous Sisters, the tension between personal, political, and public action is brought home starkly as the contributors look at the roots of violence and how it diminishes life for all. Together, they create a model for...
This is a compilation of short stories collected from police women across the world in celebration of 100 years of women in policing. These stories are inspirational and highlight the passion, dedication, persistence and pride that women police officers bring to job....
Following the metaphysical and epistemological threads that have led to our modern conception of the body as a machine, the book explores views of the body in the history of philosophy. Its central thesis is that the Cartesian paradigm, which has dominated the modern...
Das Verhältnis zwischen Religion und Wissen wurde im Verlauf der letzten Jahrhunderteimmer wieder ausführlich von Philosophen und Autoren diskutiert, wobei sich nur selten ein Konsens bilden konnte. Die Beschäftigung mit der heiklen Thematik zeigte sich allerdings nie...
Dieses Buch geht der Frage nach, welche sozialökonomische Stellung Frauen und Kinder in der patriarchalisch geprägten Ständeordnung in Russland und in der traditionell geprägten schweizerischen Gesellschaft am Ende des 19. und zu Beginn des 20. Jahrhunderts innehatten....
Aus historischer Perspektive wird in diesem Sammelband ein Blick auf Geschlecht bzw. Gender geworfen, wobei unterschiedliche Wissenschaftsdisziplinen zu Wort kommen – die Theologie, die Geschichtswissenschaft, die Germanistik sowie die Erziehungswissenschaft. Die...
Obwohl das Leitbild der Hausfrauenehe 1977 abgeschafft wurde, wird es noch immer gefördert. Das Buch beschäftigt sich mit der Geschlechterungerechtigkeit, die der vermeintlich freien, jedoch vor dem Recht nicht gleichbehandelten Wahl des Lebensmodells zugrunde liegt....
Seit Jahrhunderten dienen die Körper der Frauen als Schlachtfelder. Doch erst vor 20 Jahren kam das Thema sexuelle Gewalt in bewaffneten Konflikten auf internationaler Ebene auf. Die Autorin untersucht den Beitrag der Vereinten Nationen zur Vorbeugung und Repression von...
Die akademische Personalentwicklung muss strategisch konzipiert sein, um die Personalpraxis an Hochschulen zukunftsfähig, effektiv, divers und fair zu gestalten und um Exzellenz des Personals in Lehre und Forschung zu erreichen. Konzeptionelle und praxisbezogene...
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