Information on womens history is so limited and most of the time told from a male perspective. WDYT?
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15-09-2009 21:12 #1
I hate the fact that...
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16-09-2009 07:02 #2
History has generally been written by men, for men,
celebrating "male" activities such as war, industry, politics...etc
Interesting reading:
http://books.google.com.au/books?id=P3ez_CVbsyMC&pg=PP13&lpg=PP13&dq=why+is+w omen's+history+written+by+men&source=bl&ots=mY1a7o oj52&sig=ak30NCEruBgyfbvR3mHBmmXS1Y0&hl=en&ei=4Qyw SvDaK9WIkQWkwfiVBg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&r esnum=1#v=onepage&q=why%20is%20women's%20history%2 0written%20by%20men&f=false
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16-09-2009 09:41 #3
Yep, traditionally the teaching of history was all about "great men".
This 'great man' did *this* on [insert date].
Very sad. I love reading about 'woman's' history, I can relate to it so much more! I also love reading about significant women in history and the challenges they faced.
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16-09-2009 09:54 #4
Ah yes, the conquered people have no voice.
I find it equally sad that history is told from (for the most part) the perspective of white people - not Indigineous people.
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16-09-2009 09:59 #5
Yes it's seems that only the white male perspective was important.
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16-09-2009 10:03 #6
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