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Woman as force in history: A study in traditions and realities, (Collier Books)

1 review
Mary Ritter Beard

Collier Books, 1962

from the back cover
a classic from the 60's first published in 1946 "THE SUBJECT SEX "Where did the idea of women as a second sex originate? Many will be surprised to learn that the legal foundation for sexual discrimination was adopted in England and America as late as 1765, with the publication of Blackstone's Commentaries, a misrepresentation of English Common Law that held sway over the courts for more ...

The Rise of American Civilization

3 reviews
Charles Austin Beard, Mary Ritter Beard

Kessinger Publishing, 2005

Refreshing attempt to determine and convey the truth
I did not realize how slanted most of our texts on social subjects, history, and the like had become until I read again this masterpiece that was used 50 years ago to teach American History in my high school. For example, the authors endeavor to ferret out the causes of the Civil War and make clear the number of socioeconomic factors that were involved in the two entirely different ways of life ...

Making Women's History : The Essential Mary Ritter Beard
Mary Ritter Beard

The Feminist Press at CUNY, 2001

Mary Ritter Beard was the single most important advocate and practioner of women's historyShe virtually invented the field, said historian and professor Barbara Sicherman of this visionary and ground-breaking historian who devoted her life to reconstructing women's past-a past that had remained largely unstudied, undocumented, and unacknowledged. Beard held a firm conviction that women had a far greater impact on history than male historians had ...

History of the United States, 2008

The story of the United States of America. Featuring the stories of the Founding Fathers, the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, the Bill of Rights, the Civil War, World War 1 and so much more.