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The Women's History of the World

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by Rosalind Miles


  Ode to the Virginia Voyage, An, 196

  Odo of Cluny, 98

  oestrus, 26, 28

  Of the Nobility and Superiority of the Female Sex, 140

  Ojibwa tribe, the, 213

  Okwei, Omu, 216

  Old Testament, the, 94, 238

  Olga, Queen of Russia, 85

  O’Malley, Grace – see Mhaol, Grainne

  One God, the – see monotheism

  ‘One Path’, the, 84

  Opium War, the, 196

  Orange Free State, the, 216

  Ornstein, Honoria, 211

  Osiris, 43, 60, 82

  Ostrogoths, the, 67

  Ottoman Empire, the, 149

  Ottoman Turks, the, 118

  Oxford, University of, 20, 240, 272

  Pacific, the, 209

  Pakistan, 277

  Paleolithic age, the, 32

  Palestine, 110

  Pallas Athene – see Athene

  Pan Chao – see Ban Zhao

  Pankhurst, Christabel, 254

  Pankhurst, Mrs Emmeline, 236, 242

  Papacy, the, 131

  Papua, 109

  Papyrus of Tameniu, the, 57

  Paraclete, Convent of the, 133

  Paraguay, 267

  Paraguayan War, the, 267

  Paris, 179, 180, 185

  Paris, University of, 144, 167

  Parks, Rosa, 284

  Parsi, the, 108

  Paston, Elizabeth, 112

  patriarchy, 41, 46, 81–102, 103–4, 107, 109–10, 115, 118, 122–3, 129, 130, 137, 139, 155, 200, 216, 222–3, 224, 238, 245, 257, 258–9, 261, 272, 274

  Paul, Saint, 88, 93, 105, 257

  Pawnee, the, 205

  Peking, 69

  Pepys, Elizabeth, 156–7, 164

  Pepys, Samuel, 156–7, 164

  Pérégrinations d’un Paria, 235

  Perfumed Garden, The, 107

  Pericles, 55

  Perpetua, Saint, 84

  Persia, 40, 66, 111, 138

  Persian Wars, the, 55

  Perovskaya, Sofya, 269

  Peru, 69, 163, 248

  Peshawar, 206

  Petition of the Women of the Third Estate to the King, The, 183

  Peyelstainin, Anna, 121

  Phalles, 61

  phallus, the, 57–77, 86, 226, 261–2

  Philippe of Navarre, 124

  Philippine Revolution, the, 268

  Philippi, 88

  ‘Philosopher’, the – see Hypatia

  Pickering, Mayor William, 144

  Pilgrim Fathers, the, 197

  ‘Pill, the’, 271–2

  Pincus, Gregory, 271

  Piribebuy, battle of, 265

  ‘Pitcher Molly’ – see Hays, Mary Ludwig

  ‘Poissardes’, the, 179

  Place, Francis, 259

  Plato, 98, 129

  Pleistocene age, the, 21, 29

  Pliny, 51, 53

  Pluckrose, Nicholas, 151

  Plutarch, 51, 68

  Plymouth, England, 197

  Poitiers, 131, 185

  polyandry, 89

  polygamy, 90, 100, 107

  Polynesia, 39, 157–8

  Pompeii, 61

  Pondicherry, battle of, 268

  Pope, the, 114, 133

  Port Elizabeth, 197

  Portjoie, Parnell, 151

  Portsmouth, Duchess of, 170

  Portuguese, the, 138, 149, 150, 196

  Posidippus, 69

  Post, Emily, 230

  Priapus, 61

  Principles of Geology, 237

  ‘problem without a name’, the, 274

  Protestantism, 132, 150

  Provost of Padua, the, 115

  Prynne, William, 169

  Psycho, 285

  Ptolemy Alexander, 67

  ‘Puff Haus’, the, 266

  ‘Puff Mutter’, the, 266

  Pulcheria, Empress, 73–4

  Punjab, the, 196

  Puritans, the, 150, 169, 250

  Puriti, 65

  Puvi, 65

  Pythagoras, 129

  qadishtu, the, 54

  ‘Queen of Heaven’, the – see Great Goddess, the

  Queen’s Bench, Court of the, 221

  Quetzalcoatl, 98

  Quissama women, the, 160

  Quraish, the, 87, 94

  Radegund, Queen of the Franks, 131–2

  Raj, the, 252

  Ramabai, Pandita, 240

  Rameses II, 46

  Rascher, Dr Sigmund, 266

  Read, Professor Carveth, 29

  Rebestoeckyn, Katherine, 165

  Red Army, the, 280

  Reddy, Helen, 287

  Redgrove, Peter, 26

  Reformation, the, 143

  Reibey, Mary, 210

  religious sisterhoods, 124, 128, 130–33

  Renaissance, the, 132, 140, 143, 150, 160, 251

  Resistance, French, the, 266

  Revolution, 237

  Revolutionary Republican Women, the, 185

  Rhodesia, 270

  Richards, Mary, 190

  Riedesel, Baroness, 175

  Rights of Man, The, 183

  rights of man, the, 233

  ‘ritual prostitution’, 53–4

  Rival Queens, The, 169

  River of No Return, 211

  Roanoke Island, 197

  Robespierre, Maximilien, 185

  Robinson, George Augustus, 214

  Robinson, Victor, 244

  Rochester, Earl of, 169

  ‘Rocky Mountain Jim’, 209

  Roland, Manon, 182, 184–5, 186

  Rome, 71, 73, 88, 92, 114, 131

  Roman Catholic Church, the, 62, 124–5, 131, 135, 139, 144, 167, 238, 250, 257, 273

  Romans, the, 37, 39, 47, 50, 53, 62, 67, 72, 73, 76, 84, 152, 248

  Rotterdam, 197

  Rousseau, Jean Jacques, 185

  Routh, Dr C. H.J., 260

  Rugby, England, 194

  Russell, Dora, 274

  Russell, Margery, 166

  Russia, 37, 85, 118, 149, 153, 240, 242, 268, 280

  Russian Orthodox Church, the, 85

  Rye, Miss, 231

  Sabbah, Fatnah A., 95, 101

  Sabhura, battle of, 89

  sacrificial king, the, 42–3, 85

  Sahara, the, 127

  St Hilda’s College, Oxford, 240

  St Mary Winchester, Abbess of, 233

  Salem, Mass., 201

  Sammuramat, Queen, 46, 47

  Sandes, Flora, 268

  San bush people, the, 126

  Sanger, Margaret, 244, 259, 260, 263

  Santamaria, Haydee, 270

  Santander, 166

  Sappho, 75

  Saracens, the, 92

  Sargon I, King of Assyria, 36, 63

  sati, 119, 241

  Saxons, the, 84, 137, 138

  ‘Saxon nymph’, the – see Elstob, Elizabeth

  Schleswig, 125

  Schmidt, Franz, 122

  Schreiner, Olive, 225

  ‘scold’s bridle’, the, 106

  Scots, the, 53, 191, 203, 209, 214

  Scythians, 50, 66, 74

  Seacole, Mary, 210

  Second Sex, The, 274

  Seeking Her Husband at the Great Wall, 76

  Select Parliamentary Committee on the State of the Gaols (1819), 201

  Semiramis – see Sammurat

  Seneca Falls Convention, the, 221, 223, 237

  Serbians, the, 268

  Seshat, 129

  ‘Seven Ages of Woman’, the, 246

  Severus, Emperor, 53, 73

  Sewall, Reverend Samuel, 199

  sex segregation, 225, 280–81

  Sexual Politics, 275

  sexual surgery, 246

  seyyib, 111

  Shackley, Myra, 31, 32

  Shaftesbury, Abbess of, 233

  Shah of Iran, the, 284

  Shahi, Mashid Amir, 284

  Shakespeare, William, 99, 135, 246
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  Shanghai, 117

  Shanidar, caves of, 33, 38

  Shaw, Dr Anna, 203–4

  Shaw, Ellinor, 137

  Shaw, George Bernard, 219

  Sherman, General, 205

  ‘She-Souldiers’, 177–8, 181

  Shinto philosophy, the, 66, 106

  Shiva, 57, 61

  Short Prayers for a Long Day, 81

  Shrewsbury, England, 166

  Shulchan Aruch, the, 109

  Shuttle, Penelope, 26

  Siberia, 32, 269

  Simla, 203, 208

  Singapore, 196

  Sioux, the, 108, 205, 283

  Slessor, Mary, 209

  Slocum, Sally, 24

  Small, Rebekah, 197

  Smellie, William, 252

  Snell, Hannah, 268

  Society for Women’s Rights, the, 236

  Socrates, 129

  Sokalski, Annie Blanche, 205

  Solanas of Ephesus, 248

  ‘solarisation’, process of, 66

  Solon of Athens, 71

  Solutre, 32

  Somalia, 116

  Songhay Empire, the, 149

  ‘Sons of the Old Woman’, the – see Beni Shaybah

  South Africa, 29, 35, 126, 196, 197, 215, 225

  South America, 149, 268, 270

  Spain, 66, 166, 196, 248, 268

  Sparta, 48, 49

  Spencer, Herbert, 29, 228

  Spender, Dale, 274

  ‘Splenditello’, 132

  Sprenger, Jacob, 107

  Sri Lanka, 196, 276

  Stanton, Elizabeth Cady, 236, 237, 238, 254, 255

  Starr, Mrs, 206

  Stewart, John, 33

  Stone Age, the, 21–35, 58

  Stone, Lucy, 242, 254

  Stony Point, battle of, 174

  Stopes, Marie, 260

  Storr, Anthony, 30

  Strabo, 51, 78

  Stuart, the house of, 177, 233

  Subh, 88

  ‘subincision’ of males, 58

  Subjection of Women, The, 236

  Sudan, the, 115

  Sufism, 128

  suffrage struggle, the, 221–43, 255–6, 280

  Sumeria, 36, 38, 42, 54

  Susa-nu-wo, 66

  Switzerland, 168

  suttee – see sati

  Sweden, 131

  Swiney, Francis (‘Miss Swiney of Cheltenham’), 255

  Sydney, Australia, 196

  Syria, 209

  T’ai P’ing rebellion, the, 267

  Tale of Genji, The, 129

  Talmud, the, 105

  Tammuz, 43, 85

  Tamyris, Queen, 50, 66

  T’ang dynasty, the, 75

  Tanzoumaitak, 34

  Tassili N’Ajjer, 34

  Taylor, Susie King, 204–5

  Telessilla, 52

  Tennessee, 257

  Teng Yingch’ao, 269

  Teresa of Avila, Saint, 125

  Tertullian, 105

  Tescon, Trinidad, 268

  Tetoinnan, 70

  Teush, Mrs, 222

  Thatcher, Margaret, 277

  Theano, 129

  Thebes, 60

  Theodora, 74

  Theodoric, King, 67

  Theodosius the Great, 67

  Theseus, 51

  Thomas, W. I., 25

  Thomson, William, 235–6, 239

  Thoreau, Henry David, 249

  Thousand and One Nights, The, 91

  ‘Three Wise Ones’, the, 65

  Thutmose I, Pharaoh, 47

  Ti’amat, 65

  Tiber, the, 44, 50

  Tibet, 39, 164, 209

  Tierra del Fuego, 69

  Timbuktu, University of, 149

  Tiwi, the, 65

  Tokyo, 271

  toreras, 49

  Torralba, 32

  Tralles, 38

  Transvaal, 215

  Tristan, Flora, 234–5

  Trobriand Islands, 126

  Trotula, 167

  Troy Female Seminary, the, 240

  Trubnikova, Marya, 240

  Truth, Sojourner, 232

  Tubman, Harriet, 232

  Tudors, the, 159

  Tuileries, the, 182

  Turkey, 38, 111, 118–19, 149, 209

  Tytler, Harriet, 207

  Uduk, the, 127

  Uhremaun, 108

  Ukraine, the, 125

  UN Decade of Women’s Rights, 275

  United Kingdom, the, 231, 273

  ‘underground railway’, the, 232

  US National Women’s Political Caucus, 275

  Uruk, 38, 54

  ‘uterus-envy’, 24–5, 58–9, 76–7, 78, 95, 227

  Vac, 40, 128

  Valence, Jeanne, 156

  Valeria Messalina, 74

  Van Riebeck, Colonel, 197

  Vaughan, Dr, 252–3

  Veda, the, 40, 129

  Veil, Simone, 273, 277

  Velasquez, Loreta, 268

  Venus, 43

  Venus figurines, the, 37, 56

  Verney, Sir Ralph, 177

  Versailles, 179–80, 181

  Vestal Virgins, the, 44

  Vicereine of India, the, 205

  Victoria, Queen, 221, 223, 250

  Vienna, 261

  Villon, François, 165

  Vindication of the Rights of Woman, A, 234

  Virbius, 86

  Virgin Mary, the, 86, 98

  Virginia, USA, 196, 198

  Virginia City, 211

  Vishnu, 56, 61

  Visigoths, the, 67, 121

  Voltaire (François Marie Arouet), 185

  Von Hubner, Baron, 200

  Von Nettesheim, Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa, 140

  Von Ortemberg, Else, 165

  ‘Votes for Women’, 235–6, 242

  Wales, 62, 138

  Walker, Elizabeth, 136–7

  Ward, Freda, 257

  Ward, Mary, 144

  Wardle, Betty, 191

  Washburn, Professor S., 30

  Washington, George, 174

  Waterford, Ireland, 151

  Webb, Beatrice, 224

  Wedded Bliss, 147

  Wei dynasty, the, 47

  Wei Fu-Jen, 75

  Weimar constitution, the, 265

  Well of Loneliness, The, 258

  Wells, H. G., 28, 30

  What the Black Woman Thinks about Women’s Lib, 283

  Wheeler, Mrs, 235

  ‘White Lady’, the, 34

  ‘White Terror’, the, 270

  White Woman, the, 47

  Wife of Bath’s Tale, The, 124

  Wife’s Handbook, The, 260

  wife-lending, 69

  Wild West, the – see American West

  Wilkinson, Eliza, 173

  Willard, Emma H., 240

  Williams, Eleanor, 156

  Wilson, Isabel, 191

  Wilton, Abbess of, 233

  Winnepagos, the, 58

  Wise Wound, The, 26

  witchcraft, 107, 120, 135–7, 145

  witch hunts, the, 135–7, 252

  Wollstonecraft, Mary, 234

  ‘woman question’, the, 226

  Woman Rebel, The, 260

  woman suffrage, 236, 237

  ‘woman’s battalion of death’, the, 268

  Woman’s Bible, The, 238

  Woman’s Labour, The, 172

  ‘woman’s nature’, 227

  WOMAN: childbirth, 39–40, 44, 58, 84, 103, 110, 117, 118, 125, 130, 207, 214, 246, 250–52; defloration, 110, 111, 115, 246; gathering-skills, 21, 22, 27, 39; housework, 280–82; menstruation, 26–8, 39, 44, 58, 68, 72, 109–10, 113, 124, 163, 246, 247; wife-work, 163–4; work, 19, 149–71, 225–6, 231, 278–81

  WOMEN: accomplishments of, 21, 143; education of, 124–45, 159–60, 182, 223, 234, 238–42, 245, 255, 280; emancipation of, 221–43; enfranchisement of, 223–43; gynocide of, 70, 84, 103, 115–23, 135–7, 212; obscene activities of, 126; political clubs of, 184–5; religious authority of, 36–56
; rights of, 221–43; sex organs of, 26, 28–9, 30–31, 33, 36, 38, 39, 41, 57–9, 87, 102, 103–23, 145, 168, 274–5; skills of, 19, 21; technology of, 28; seclusion (purdah) of, 89, 101, 130, 205; veiling of, 89, 101, 130; virginity of, 98, 105, 110–12, 113–14, 130; wages of, 155–6, 166, 188, 282; weakness of, 133–4, 227–8, 245–6;

  WOMEN AS: actresses, 168–9; artists, 75, 133; athletes, 49–50, 55, 141; astronomers, 75, 77; blacksmiths, 165; brewers, 160; brothel-keepers, 170; ‘burrah memsahibs’, 203, 208; businesswomen, 131, 210–17, 231; cashiers, 231; chemists, 75; colonists, 196–211; colonised, 211–17; convict transports, 201–2, 210; cooks, 21; coopers, 165; counsellors, 34; criminals, 198–9; cutlers, 190; doctors, 34, 75, 131, 144, 152, 161, 167–8, 210, 240–41, 265; educationalists, 75, 129, 238; empresses, 47, 66–7, 73–4, 137–8; explorers, 209; factory workers, 187–93, 253–4; farmers, 55, 99, 187–8; gardeners, 64, 165; goldsmiths, 165; grinders, 190; gynaecologists, 71–2, 167; heroines, 89, 91; historians, 75, 133, 141; intellectuals, 75–6, 90, 143; inventors, 77; law-givers, 34; lawyers, 239; leather-workers, 21; maidservants, 48, 177; manufacturers, 99, 153, 160–61, 164–5; magicians, 34; market traders, 215–16; martyrs, 84, 88; mathematicians, 75, 77, 129, 168; merchants, 55, 99, 165; midwives, 161–2, 214, 252; mineworkers, 190–92; mothers, 19, 23–5, 39–41, 50, 55, 57–9, 97, 173–4, 244, 246; musicians, 126, 133, 141, 152, 265; nurses, 75, 161; ophthalmologists, 168; philanthropists, 200; philosophers, 77, 129, 141, 144; physicians, 167; pioneers, 152, 161–2, 170, 203–4, 210–11; poets, 37, 52, 55, 75, 139–40, 141, 144, 239; political activists, 55, 177, 181–6; preachers, 203–4; priestesses, 37, 42–3, 47, 55, 64, 76, 86, 94–5, 129, 133; professors, 168; prostitutes, 54–5, 69, 74, 121–2, 168, 170, 180, 197, 200–202, 210–11, 242, 249, 254–6; queens, 38, 45–7, 50, 55, 66, 67, 74–5, 76, 85, 137–9, 179, 180, 206, 239; revolutionaries, 176–86, 267–70; royalists, 176–7; sailors, 55, 138; scholars, 55, 75, 128–9; scientists, 133, 168, 258; scribes, 129; secretaries, 231; slaves, 62, 65, 70, 71, 84, 89, 115, 128, 210, 222, 232, 235; soldiers, 50, 52, 175–6, 177–8, 243, 254, 267–8; spinners, 153–4; spinsters, 256–7; spies, 265; stenographers, 231; story-tellers, 34; surgeons, 75, 131, 167–8; tailors, 165; teachers, 265; telephonists, 231; traders, 55, 99, 152–3, 165; transvestites, 149, 257; troubadours, 140; vagrants, 194; waggoners, 165; war-leaders, 46–7, 50, 52, 138, 176–8, 231–2; warriors, 52, 89–90; widows, 88, 90, 120, 126, 151, 173, 210; women, 34; wives, 49, 51, 87, 90, 97, 122, 126, 131, 142, 159–60, 166, 170, 187–8, 199, 207, 223, 224, 225, 244; writers, 84, 129, 133, 141, 170, 210

  women’s aid, 277

  ‘Women’s Lib’, 283

  women’s movement, the, 233–43, 270, 274

  Women’s Peace Camp, the, 278

  Women’s Peace Movement, the, 278

  Women’s Rights Convention, Seneca Falls, 223

  Woodhull, Victoria Claflin, 276

  Woolf, Virginia, 145

  Woolley, Hannah, 239

  Worcester, England, 156

  Worcester Institute for Chemical Biology, the, 271

  World History, The, 71

  World War I, 264–5, 268, 278

  World War II, 265–6

  Wu Chao, Empress, 99

  Wyoming, USA, 242

 

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