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The nine essays in this volume examine women's public and private lives from sixteenth century England to twentieth-century Chicago, from Queen Elizabeth I to Jane Addams of Hull House. Editor Janet Sharistanian's main purpose in organizing these essays is to offer a response to and a critique of theories of the domestic/public split in Western ideology and history that have emerged from feminist anthropology.Sharistanian, Janet is the author of 'Gender, Ideology and Action Historical Perspectives on Women's Public Lives' with ISBN 9780313242731 and ISBN 0313242739.
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