Ebook: A history of their own

The Renaissance, the French Revolution, World War II—where were the women? How did they spend their days? Volume II of A History of Their Own completes the original and revolutionary synthesis of European women's
history begun in Volume |. The women's activities and concerns explored range from those of seventeenth-century Venetian courtesans to nineteenth-century English factory workers, from those of Catherine the Great to Simone
de Beauvoir. Both volumes use the newest research in the field to provide a vivid and exciting view of women's lives.

Volume II examines women in the noble and royal courts, middle-class and upper-class women in the salons and parlors, and workingclass women in the vast cities of the modern era. It concludes with a history of feminism in
Europe.

Volume I focuses on peasant women through the twentieth century, women of the churches, noblewomen of the castles and manors, and women in the walled towns. It begins with a survey of traditions about women inherited from cultures before 800 A.D.