“Well-behaved women seldom make history” is originally from an academic article about Puritan women who were, in fact, very well-behaved. The book points out that large portions of history, and ways of looking at history, are lost when we don’t pay attention to the lives of women who aren’t necessarily fighting to be heard. Even after everything I’ve been reading about feminism lately, this is the first time I’ve thought about this, and it blows my mind. Feminists, after all, are often seen as women who do act out of line. And yet, could it be that a truly feminist version of history might
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