If you enjoy Jean Auel's Earth's Children series, or Colleen McCullough's Ancient Rome books, you should read this.
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In Memoriam: Suzanne W Hull
A pioneer of the study of women of the English Renaissance has died at the age of 84.
Read More »Orange Prize for Fiction Shortlist Announced
One debut novelist, Carrie Tiffany, joins Sarah Waters, Zadie Smith, Nicole Krauss, Ali Smith, and Hilary Mantel in the contest for the 11th award.
Read More »Book Review: Boudicca’s Heirs: Women in Early Britain by Dorothy Watts
What the Romans did to "us" -- the female population of the island of Britannia.
Read More »Book Review: Female Caligula: Ranavalona – The Mad Queen of Madagascar by Keith Laidler
Ranavalona reigned from 1828 to 1861, dying peacefully in her bed of old age, having kept her country independent.
Read More »Book Review: The New Single Woman by E. Kay Trimberger
There's something here for anyone, particularly any woman, who wants to address the question: "How can I have a good life?"
Read More »Literary Genre: A Comfortable Old Coat, or A Moth-eaten Relic?
Once a novel strikes a false note, you suddenly start to notice the musty smell dry-cleaning cannot remove.
Read More »Women’s Rights: In 30 Years How Much Progress Has Been Made?
What has not changed is in the nature and use of the visual images of women in the media.
Read More »Book Review: Women Latin Poets – a Revolutionary Text
A distinguished feminist historian says there were 300 learned women up until 1700. Stevenson multiplies that figure by ten.
Read More »Theater Review: Taming of the Shrew
The outcome of Shakespeare's battle of the sexes is not so much reversed as made a fairer fight.
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