Women
11women — [wim′in] n. pl. of WOMAN …
12Women — The place of women in late antique and early medieval society was a complex one; women used a variety of strategies to negotiate their way at a time when their legal status was often low. Modern understanding of these strategies and the place… …
13women — Although the status, rights, and treatment of women varied somewhat from place to place and era to era in ancient Mesopotamia some general observations can be made about the majority of women in that region. First, at no time did women have… …
14Women — Although obviously half of the population of Renaissance Eu rope was female, the role of women in the high culture, especially the Latin based academic culture and humanist movement of the period, was very limited, a generalization which is… …
15Women — Although women have been involved in French cinema from the beginning, they have, as in the case of other national film industries, had a great deal more difficulty than their male counterparts in establishing themselves, whether as directors …
16Women — As elsewhere in the Western world, the attack on gender as the basis of social, political, economic, and intellectual discrimination began in the Habsburg Empire during the 18th century. Educational reforms in 1774 made education obligatory… …
17Women — The years of the Great Depression, World War II, and the Cold War had complicated and often contradictory effects on the position of women in U.S. society. Despite winning the vote in 1920 and the apparent liberation experienced during the… …
18Women — Although women have been involved in French cinema from the beginning, they have, as in the case of other national film industries, had a great deal more difficulty than their male counterparts in establishing themselves, whether as directors …
19Women — Although the circumstances and attitudes of German women in the Weimar years are too diverse for simple definition, a few issues compel examination. Buoyed by a Constitution* that provided equal suffrage with men (Article 22), declared men and …
20Women — Considering that it was a woman led demonstration in 1917 that initiated the February Revolution, and given the strong support of the Bolsheviks for the economic independence of women, it is surprising how poorly most women fared under the… …
