Woman in History - E-book - ePub

History can hardly be complete without talking about the rolewomen played in forming the history of the world. Theychanged societies and beliefs, being the reason why empirestoppled and rose to glory. There is hardly enough reason tobelieve that women were insignificant in a society because nomatter how many wars men fought and the ways in whichthey built empires, women often played an extremely importantpart in many wars and the building of many civilizations. Women were highly regarded in many ancient cultures.
Thehistory of woman describes their lives from early times to now. Reflecting the manner in which they lived and how they weretreated. We will also shed light on women who wereconsidered luminaries of their times and talk about the changesthey brought in the society. This book describes the role of women and their significance indifferent eras and regions of the world. The place they held invarious cultures and how they influenced the growth ordownfall of different civilizations and empires.
For most of theworld's history, it was written primarily by men and it usuallyincluded an account of the activities of men in war, politics anddiplomacy. Even traders were mainly men and women usuallybelonged in the background and hardly history did not accounta lot of their works. With the help of this book, you will be able to understand thesignificance of woman in history and how they led their lives inthe past.
Since history usually accounts for events that heldgreat value, the presence of women in history is close toinsignificant because they were usually seen in a sex-stereotypedform as wives, mothers, daughters and mistresses.