Womens roots: Status and achievements in Western civilization_图书大全
Womens roots: Status and achievements in Western civilization
ISBN: 9780941138079
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INTRODUCTION
This short history book attempts to portray women s
status and their contributions to the development of West-
ern civilization from prehistoric times to the present. As
the whole story cannot be told in a short survey, the scope
of the study is focused on what seems to be the most
representative of women in each historical period.
Heretofore almost all of history has been written by
men, about actions which are important to men, and
about the accomplishments of men. Women s lives have
been virtually ignored. Throughout the United States,
girls and boys for most of their 12 years in grades one
through twelve in social studies or history lessons are
required to learn almost exclusively about the accomplish-
ments of men. In 1979, in spite of the women s move-
ment, affirmative action programs, and publishers
guidelines, in the United States History texts, for exam-
ple, for every 700 pages about men there were only 14
pages about women.1
The omission of women in history is a serious void in
the education of both boys and girls. It fosters an attitude
that says in effect what females did or do is unimportant,
an attitude that cannot help but adversely affect human
relationships. This author believes that the imbalance in
the teaching of history helps to perpetuate sex discrimina-
tion and it demeans girls. This book is one small effort to
help balance history so that both boys and girls can ~earn
about the buried history of one-half of the population.
Though this is a history of women, it includes wom-
en s relationships with men. For, throughout history and
before, women have lived their lives alongside men. What
women could or could not accomplish, depended on
what their relationship was with the men in the society.
Also, women s lives are always intricately woven into the
society of the historical period in which they live. So it is
necessary to have some knowledge of what was going on
