Gender History

Question 1

Gender History’s beliefs/style

Answer 1

Questioned what was historically important, history focused on public life so excluded women in private life, women history more in oral history and need to read between the lines in other sources, men more likely to be educated so wrote more of the evidence.

Expanded to non-western women and women in the LGBTQ+ group.

Question 2

Anna Comnene’s style

Answer 2

1083-1153, Byzantine princess, wrote about father’s reign and wars/political relations -so still ‘men’ topics.

Question 3

Anges Strickland’s style

Answer 3

1796-1874, Multi volumes of Queens of England, widely read in Victorian Period.

Question 4

Eileen Power’s style

Answer 4

20th c, wrote on medieval history and women in religion.

Question 5

Richard Evans’s style

Answer 5

Looking into women through economic/social/political history

Question 6

1960s developments

Answer 6

Second Wave Feminism -
wants women in wider historical debates - parallel histories to men.
Idea to fill in gaps and still separate from mainstream history though

Question 7

1980s developments

Answer 7

Joan Scott & Jane Rendall,
believed sexes couldn’t be separate & would be hypocritical to remove men in history.
Patriarchy constructed both sexes, non elite men affected.

Question 8

1990s developments

Answer 8

men’s movements and masculinity.
Do all men have power?
Is masculinity the same in every culture? Not a ‘real’ man if they don’t fit in

Question 9

Artistotle’s style

Answer 9

384-322,

places men as superior, men signified perfection of conception, anything less than perfect is monstrous.

Question 10

Thomas Aquinas’s style

Answer 10

women’s inferiority due to Eve’s sin, men need to control/assist women