A History of Their Own: Women in Europe from Prehistory to the Volume II

by Bonnie S. Anderson, Judith P. Zinsser

Reexamines European history from a feminist perspective and describes what life was like for women of each period

Genres: History, Nonfiction, Feminism, Womens, Womens Studies, Historical, Reference

572 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1989

Reviews

[Becca Housden · Rating 3 out of 5]

It provided a good and interesting overview into the lives of women in Europe throughout the centuries. A lot is covered, but at times it reads more like a list of examples than a book examining the position of women in society. Different aspects of society are examined, but there is a reliance on using women as examples. Most women only have a couple of sentences, which means that general claims are sometimes made, limiting the nuance and specifics of the lives of the women.
However, the book does provide a lot of overall information, and serves as a good jumping off point for further study into specific areas.

[Jackson · Rating 5 out of 5]

other than wishing that there were more every day people, this is great.

[Marie · Rating 2 out of 5]

A complete history of Europe is a bit of a huge undertaking and makes for some summary-filled reading. Because the book was organized by different types of women, you read about the same historic events and times multiple times from different POVs. Anyway, I bought this for a few passages in the medieval section, but I'm glad I read it through to the end. I learned a lot about the 18th and 19th centuries in particular that I had not known.

[Elizabeth]

I already have vol one.