Provides the first broad introduction to feminist work in classical studies. Including lesbian theory, black feminist theory, American and French feminist theor

In spite of the double burden of racial and gender discrimination, African-American women have developed a rich intellectual tradition that is not widely known.

Virginia Woolf's playful exploration of a satirical »Oxbridge« became one of the world's most groundbreaking writings on women, writing, fiction, and gender.

She has just given birth to their child. He labels her postpartum depression as »hysteria.« He rents the attic in an old country house. Here, she is to rest a

La 4e de couverture indique : "the first written history of the pioneering women born between the Renaissance and 1913 who played significant roles in the histo