Carolina QuotesWomen have been kept from contributing to History-making, that is, the ordering and interpretation of the past of humankind. Since this process of meaning-giving is essential to the creation and perpetuation of civilization, we can see at once that women's marginality in this endeavor places us in a unique and segregate position. Women are the majority, yet we are structured into social institutions as though we were a minority.
Gerda Lerner Connected to the Carolinas
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- The Creation of Patriarchy (1986)
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- 1986
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