Woman (Classic Reprint): In All Ages and in All Countries; Greek Women: In All Ages and in All Countries; Greek Women (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Mitchell Carroll

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1330590953 ISBN 13: 9781330590959

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

Explore the power of women through history—from ancient legends to real figures who shaped nations. This illuminating look reveals how passion, loyalty, and extremism have driven women to influence the course of civilizations.

The book surveys women across ages and lands, showing how their choices—bold, generous, ruthless, or visionary—have touched events large and small. It uses vivid portraits, from mythical to historical, to illuminate the roles women have played in societies around the world. Expect thoughtful context and careful analysis that bring storied figures to life without spoilers.

• Learn how influential women shaped politics, culture, and ideas in ancient Athens with Aspasia and Pericles.


• See how loyalty, love, and ambition appear as driving forces in the stories of Cleopatra and other historical heroines.


• Explore recurring themes—extremism, courage, and the balance between public power and private life.


• Encounter concise profiles that connect individual lives to broader historical currents.

Ideal for readers curious about how women's voices have guided history across centuries and continents.

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Product Description

Excerpt from Woman: In All Ages and in All Countries; Greek Women

Women have achieved their most decisive and remark able efi-'ects 'upon the history of mankind br reaching and clinging to extremes. Extremism is always a mark of en thusiasm, and enthusiasm accomplishes effects which must have been left forever unattained by mere regulated and con scientious efi'ort. The stories of the Christian martyrs show in golden letters the devotion of women to a cause; and! Have no doubt whatever that it was in the deaths of young maidens, in their hideous sufferings borne with resignation and even joy, that there came the conviction of truth which is known as the seed which was sown in the blood of the maryrs. The high enthusiasm which supported a Catherine and a Cecilia in their hours of trial was strong to persuade, where the death of a man for his convictions would have been looked upon as a matter of course. It is from this enthusiasm and extremism that there sounds one of the key notes of woman's nature - her loyalty. Lgralbr is one of the blending traits of the sexes yet, if I were compefled to attribute it distinctively to one sex, I should class it as feminine in its nature.

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Edition details

• Publisher: Forgotten Books
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1330590953
• ISBN 13: 9781330590959
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 421