The Women's History of the World
The Women's History of the World (ISBN 0-586-08886-5) is a book about women's history written by British author Rosalind Miles and first published in 1988. Later editions, including the paperback versions of the book, were titled Who Cooked The Last Supper: The Women's History of the World. The book examines the roles of women, their representation, and their power through history.
The book has four parts, each one divided in chapters:
· "In the Beggining".
- "The First Women". - "The Great Goddes". - "The Rise of the Phallus". · "The fall of women". - "God the Father". - "The Sins of the Motherss". - ""A Little Learning".
· "Dominion and Domination".
- "Woman's Work". - "Revolution, the Great Engine". - "The Rod of Empire"
· "Turning the Tide".
- "The rights of Woman". - "The body politic". - "Daughters of Time".
Apart from the chapters, there's a preface. The book is full of notes and references, which are gathered and explained after the last chapter, as well as the book's vast bibliography.
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