Women Our story

Book - 2019

Packed full of evocative images, this gloriously illustrated book reveals the key events in women's history--from early matriarchal societies through women's suffrage, the Suffragette movement, 20th-century feminism, and gender politics, to recent movements such as #MeToo and International Women's Day--and the key role women have had in shaping our past. Learn about the everyday lives of women through the ages as well as the big names of women's history--powerful, inspirational, and trailblazing women such as Cleopatra, Florence Nightingale, Emmeline Pankhurst, Eva Peron, and Rosa Parks--and discover the unsung contributions of lesser-known women who have changed the world, and the "forgotten" events of women&#...039;s history. Placing women firmly center stage, Women: Our Story shows women where they came from, and in celebrating the achievements of women of the past, offers positive role models for women of today.

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Subjects
Genres
Biographies
Published
New York, New York : DK Publishing 2019.
Language
English
Corporate Author
DK Publishing, Inc
Corporate Author
DK Publishing, Inc (editor)
Other Authors
Rebecca Boggs Roberts (writer of foreword)
Edition
First American edition
Item Description
At head of title: DK Smithsonian.
Includes index.
Physical Description
320 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm
ISBN
9781465479570
  • The birth of the patriarchy : up to 600ce
  • Purity, piety, and property : 600-1500
  • From empire to enlightenment : 1500-1800
  • Knowledge and power : 1800-1914
  • The age of empowerment : 1914-1960
  • Smashing the glass ceiling : 1960 to present day.