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A series of essays surveys the character, social position, and intellectual attainments of women across classical and Renaissance eras, from Greek poetry and Spartan and Athenian life through Roman agitation and early Christian convents to the Italian and French renaissances and salon culture. It highlights notable figures such as Sappho and Aspasia, examines learned women, literary courts, and the emergence of salons, and discusses the limitations of sources and male bias in historical records while aiming to vindicate women's intellectual influence rather than engage contemporary polemics.

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Title: Woman in the golden ages

Author: Amelia Gere Mason

Release date: February 14, 2022 [eBook #67405]
Most recently updated: October 18, 2024

Language: English

Original publication: United States: The Century co, 1901

Credits: Turgut Dincer and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

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Woman in the
Golden Ages

By

Amelia Gere Mason

New York
The Century Co.
1901