Her Half of History
Why don't women's clothes have more pockets? Who are the female writers and artists my education forgot to include? How does a woman go about seizing control of her government? What was it like to be a female slave and how did the lucky ones escape? When did women get to put their own name on their credit cards? Is the life of a female spy as glamorous as Hollywood has led me to believe?
In short, what were the women doing all that time? I explore these and other questions in this thematic approach to women's history.
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13.14 Why Beauty Mattered (and has anything cha...
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13.13 Losing a Breast to Gain a Life
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13.12 In the Eye of the Beholder
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13.11 The Witch's Mark
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13.10 Body Art: Tattoos and Henna
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13.9 Cosmetics in the Modern World
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13.8 Cosmetics in the Pre-Modern World
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13.7 A Bad Hair Day in Ancient Rome
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13.6 The History of Hair
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13.5 The Quest for a Hairless Body
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13.4 Chinese Footbinding
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13.3 To Boost or to Bind: A History of the Bust
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13.2 The Corset
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13.1 The Ideal Body Shape, Historically Speaking
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Mayans, Aztecs, and Chocolate by Pamela Toler
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Peggy Shippen Arnold by 2 Complicated 4 History
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Ain't I a Woman? by Sojourner Truth
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12.15 Alexandra Feodorovna, Last Empress of Russia
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12.14 Yaa Asantewaa, Last Queen of the Asante (...
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12.13 Lili'uokalani, Last Queen of Hawaii
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12.12 Lakshmibai, Last Rani of Jhansi
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12.11 Marie Antoinette, the Bitter End
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12.10 Marie Antoinette, the Unfortunate Queen
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12.9 Marie Antoinette, the Luckiest Princess
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12.8 Zainatuddin Kamalat Syah, Last Queen of Ac...
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