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Required reading for anyone with an interest in history and the history of feminism. Charting attitudes to women from pre-historic times through to modern day (well the 80s...) this is a smart, witty swipe at the men who have often (re)written history (a particular amusing passage cuts Freud down to size). We are given brave women, women ahead of their times, weak women, women holding back others and those who rise above and push forward despite the repeated struggles and oppressions. The breadt
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