Women & Power: A Manifesto

by Mary Beard

Book Overview

At long last, Mary Beard addresses in one brave book the misogynists and trolls who mercilessly attack and demean women the world over, including, very often, Mary herself. In Women & Power, she traces the origins of this misogyny to its ancient roots, examining the pitfalls of gender and the ways that history has mistreated strong women since time immemorial. As far back as Homer's Odyssey, Beard shows, women have been prohibited from leadership...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1631494759
• ISBN13: 9781631494758
• Release Date: December 2017
• Publisher: Liveright Publishing Corporation
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 4.8" x 7.6"