His forehead creased in thought. “One thing you’ll notice over the course of our year together, though, is that history isn’t an inevitable march toward greater freedoms for women and various marginalized groups. Rights can be granted and then removed, and then given again at some point in the future. Or not.” He swept a glance over his class. “At this point in Egyptian history, women owned their own property, worked outside the home, received equal pay for equal work, and had equal status under the law. Ancient Egyptians didn’t even prefer the word mankind. They used humankind, written with
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