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This is a list of women historians categorized by their area of study. Ancient history. Leonie Archer (born 1955) – Graeco-Roman Palestine; Mary Beard (born 1955)
Historians who studied women's history, the study of the role that women have played in history. It includes the study of the history of the growth of woman's rights throughout recorded history, personal achievement over a period of time, the examination of individual and groups of women of historical significance, and the effect that historical events have had on women.
Elizabeth Fox-Genovese (1941–2007) – Southern slavery, women's history; Doris Kearns Goodwin (born 1943) - U.S. presidents, won a Pulitzer Prize in 1995 for No Ordinary Time: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt: The Home Front in World War II; Richard Hofstadter (1916–1970) – Progressivism and U.S. political history
It includes historians that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent. Pages in this category should be moved to subcategories where applicable. This category may require frequent maintenance to avoid becoming too large.
Inherent in the study of women's history is the belief that more traditional recordings of history have minimised or ignored the contributions of women to different fields and the effect that historical events had on women as a whole; in this respect, women's history is often a form of historical revisionism, seeking to challenge or expand the ...
Victoria Woodhull was the first woman to run for president in the U.S. and she made her historic run in 1872 – before women even had the right to vote! She supported women's suffrage as well as welfare for the poor, and though it was frowned upon at the time, she didn't shy away from being vocal about sexual freedom.
Below, read more about 22 history-changing women you should know about immediately. Dolores Huerta. One of the most renowned civil rights activists and prominent union activists in history ...
Pages in category "English women historians" The following 160 pages are in this category, out of 160 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.