Women & power : a manifesto
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Beard, Mary, 1955-
Contributors
Beard, Mary, 1955- Public voice of women.
Beard, Mary, 1955- Women in power.
Published
New York, N.Y. ; Liveright Publishing Corporation, a Division of W.W. Norton & Company, 2017.
Format
Book
Edition
First American edition.
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xi, 115 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
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Published
New York, N.Y. ; Liveright Publishing Corporation, a Division of W.W. Norton & Company, 2017.
Edition
First American edition.
Language
English

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General Note
"A version of 'The Public voice of women' first appeared in the London Review of Books, 20 March 2014; 'Women in power' was published, also in the London Review of Books, 16 March 2017. Both were lectures presented by Mary Beard in the LRB Winter Lecture series."--Title page verso.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 99-104) and index.
Description
Two essays connect the past with the present, tracing the history of misogyny to its ancient roots and examining the pitfalls of gender.

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Essays.
Feminism.
Power (Social sciences)
Sexism.
Women -- Social conditions.