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Women & power a manifesto

Two essays connect the past with the present, tracing the history of misogyny to its ancient roots and examining the pitfalls of gender.

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Main Author:	Beard, Mary, 1955- (Author)
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York ; London : Liveright Publishing Corporation, a Division of W.W. Norton & Company, 2017.
Edition:	First American edition.
Subjects:	Feminism. Women > Social conditions. Sexism. Power (Social sciences) Essays.
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Summary:	Two essays connect the past with the present, tracing the history of misogyny to its ancient roots and examining the pitfalls of gender.
Item Description:	"A version of 'The Public voice of women' first appeared in the London Review of Books, 20 March 2014; 'Women in power' was published, also in the London Review of Books, 16 March 2017, Both were lectures presented by Mary Beard in the LRB Winter Lecture series."--Title page verso. Includes index.
Physical Description:	xi, 115 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
ISBN:	9781631494758 1631494759
Author Notes:	Mary Beard was born on January 1, 1955 in Much Wenlock, Shropshire, England. Her alma mater is the University of Cambridge. She is a professor of classics at Newnham College, Cambridge, and the classics editor of the Times Literary Supplement. Her previous books include the bestselling, Wolfson Prize-winning Pompeii, The Roman Triumph, The Parthenon and Confronting the Classics. Her blog has been collected in the books It's a Don's Life and All in a Don's Day. She is in the 2014 top 10 Prospect list of the most influential thinkers in the world. She is the author of Women and Power: A Manifesto, published in December 2017. (Bowker Author Biography)