The European Women's History Reader is a fascinating collection of seminal articles and extracts, exploring the social, economic, religious and political histor

"Anthologizes primary source materials about women's lives and presents an overview of the variety of women's experiences dating from ancient Mesopotamia to con

Covers issues and events in women's history that were previously unpublished, misplaced, or forgotten, and provides new perspectives on each event.

Thematic emphases in this text include the contacts between European women and those outside European frontiers, sexuality and its importance for the constructi

The work patterns of European women from 1700 onwards fluctuate in relation to ideological, demographic, economic and familial changes. In A History of European