New York: Oxford University Press, 2019. An annotated bibliography of scholarship addressing the history of Jewish women and women in Judaism from biblical times to the present. Sartori, Jennifer, ed. Shalvi/Hyman Encyclopedia of Jewish Women. New ed. Washington, DC: Jewish Women’s Archive, ...
In 1672 her unmarried cousin Duke Friedrich Wilhelm III, died, and she inherited Altenburg against the claims of Friederich Wilhelm's sister Johanna Magdalena- and her husband, Duke Ernst I of Sachsen-Gotha (1601-75) added Altenburg to his title. He was already in charge of Tenneberg, Walt...
Bruna Gushurst‐MoorePlymouth UniversityJohn Wiley & Sons, Ltd.Journal for Eighteenth‐Century Studies
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Women in New Amsterdam had various occupations, and some practiced medicine as midwives and physicians. Among the colony’s first publicly-funded buildings was a house for the midwife Tryntje Jonas, who had such a good reputation that the house was built to entice her to leave Holland for Ne...
Women, Gender, and Violence in Maritime Empires Gender in Military Culture Gender and Early Modern State Development (1640s-1700s) Women and Atrocities in Early Modern Warfare Back to top Crim, Brian. “Silent Partners: Women and Warfare in Early Modern Europe.” In. Edited by Gerard J. de...
Boxing - Women, History, Rules: Women did not compete in boxing (or most other sports) in ancient times. In the modern era women boxers were often a novelty, competing in contests staged in London during the 1700s. The 1904 Olympics featured women’s box
When The New York Times heralded the birth of the new millennium they referred to the change in women’s lives as the biggest social and cultural transformation of the past millennium. This reformation has been several hundred years in the making — a response to a social structure that the ...
American Colonies: New Sweden American Women Abolitionists: Freedom Fighters I American Women Abolitionists: Freedom Fighters II Amistad: Slave Ship in American Waters Amy Clarke Amy Harper Amy Kirby Post Amy Morris Bradley Angela Mallory Angelica Van Buren Angelina Grimke Angelina Grimke Ann Annis and...
Many other labor unions appeared that either solely represented or incorporated the female employee during the early 1900s. Even as women worked in industry to fuel its growth, the outcome created new business opportunities for women in clerical jobs. Between 1900 and 1920, the number of women ...