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Dorothy Ko (Chinese 高彦頤) is a Professor of History and Women's Studies at the Barnard College of Columbia University. She is a historian of early modern China, known for her multi-disciplinary and multi-dimensional research. As a historian of early modern China, she has endeavored to engage with the field of modern China studies; as a China scholar, she has always positioned herself within the study of women and gender and applied feminist approaches in her work; as a historian, she has ventured across disciplinary boundaries, into fields that include literature, visual and material culture, science and technology, as well as studies of fashion, the body and sexuality.

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	The Memoirs of Lady Hyegyong: The Autobiographical Writings of a Crown Princess of Eighteenth-Century Korea by Lady Hyegyeong, JaHyun Kim Haboush (Editor), Dorothy Ko (Foreword) 4.03 avg rating — 1,013 ratings — published 1985 — 44 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cinderella's Sisters: A Revisionist History of Footbinding 3.95 avg rating — 219 ratings — published 2005 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Every Step a Lotus: Shoes for Bound Feet 3.99 avg rating — 86 ratings — published 2001 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Birth of Chinese Feminism: Essential Texts in Transnational Theory (Weatherhead Books on Asia) by He Zhen, Lydia H. Liu (Contributor), Rebecca E. Karl (Editor) 4.22 avg rating — 78 ratings — published 2013 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Teachers of the Inner Chambers: Women and Culture in Seventeenth-Century China 3.73 avg rating — 55 ratings — published 1995 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Women and Confucian Cultures by Dorothy Ko, JaHyun Kim Haboush (Editor), Joan Piggott (Editor) 3.75 avg rating — 36 ratings — published 2003 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Social Life of Inkstones: Artisans and Scholars in Early Qing China 3.50 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2017 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Translating Feminisms in China by Dorothy Ko (Editor), Wang Zheng (Editor) 3.80 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2007	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Making the Palace Machine Work: Mobilizing People, Objects, and Nature in the Qing Empire by Martina Siebert (Editor), Kai Jun Chen (Editor), Dorothy Ko (Editor) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2021 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Boundaries In China by John Hay, Pauline Yu (Contributor), Dorothy Ko (Contributor) liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1995 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Let bygones be bygones, but we cannot and should not forget.”
― Dorothy Ko, Cinderella's Sisters: A Revisionist History of Footbinding

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“Ancient texts, he believed, could illuminate customary practices in his own times; conversely, current practices influenced his interpretation of the classics.”
― Dorothy Ko, Cinderella's Sisters: A Revisionist History of Footbinding

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“At the same time, he was aware that literature was more than sociological data: it changes, not just reflects, expectations and experiences.”
― Dorothy Ko, Cinderella's Sisters: A Revisionist History of Footbinding

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