A History of Women in 101 Objects - Feminist Book Collection, Women's Studies Gift - Perfect for Book Clubs, History Classrooms & Women's Empowerment Discussions

Discover the hidden history of women through this fascinating collection celebrating everyday, intimate objects.

The way we remember the past today remains dishearteningly patriarchal: a place where women have always been
oppressed by men, from ancient times to the present day. A History of Women in 101 Objects tells a new story of female
history, revealing the evolution of the role women have played in society through the quiet power of their everyday items.
Much of what we've read about history focuses on the men in power: women's stories are too often hidden or considered
unremarkable. But in this collection, Annabelle Hirsch curates a compendium of women and their things, uncovering the
thoughts and feelings at the heart of women's daily lives, to offer an intimate and lively alternative history. The objects
date from prehistory to today and are assembled chronologically to show the evolution of how women were perceived by
others, how they perceived themselves, how they fought for freedom. For example, what do handprints on early cave
paintings tell us about the role of women in hunting? What does a mobile phone have to do with femicides? Or Kim
Kardashian's diamond ring with Elena Ferrante? Wide-ranging, subversive, witty and superbly researched, this is a book
that upends all our assumptions about, and presentations of, the past.