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The "woman question", this book asserts, is a Western one, and not a proper lens for viewing African society. A work that rethinks gender as a Western contructi
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Repeatedly declared dead by the media, the women’s movement has never been as vibrant as it is today. Indeed as Stanford professor and award-winning author Es
Medieval Misogyny and the Invention of Western Romantic Love
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History of Woman Suffrage: 1883-1900
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