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- Title
Forgetting the Past.
- Authors
Bennett, Judith M.
- Abstract
Based on arguments developed more fully in the author's History Matters: Patriarchy and the Challenge of Feminism (2006), this article urges historians of women and gender to develop a richer appreciation of the distant past. The article uses data from recent conferences and journals to demonstrate that our field is now overly focused on the modern era, and especially the last century. Then, in the spirit of encouraging further discussion and debate, the article lays out some reasons for this contemporary tilt, some ways we might right the balance and some benefits of doing just that.
- Subjects
FEMINISM; HISTORY of feminists; WOMEN'S history; WOMEN'S rights; HISTORIANS; FEMINIST historiography; HISTORY Matters: Patriarchy &; the Challenge of Feminism (Book)
- Publication
Gender & History, 2008, Vol 20, Issue 3, p669
- ISSN
0953-5233
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1468-0424.2008.00542.x