Episode 17 - Blanks and Godess WorshipThis week we are talking about how huge portions of women's history are hard to know because so much is left blank. The biggest blank in all history is pre-history... and many women historians have tried to stake a claim there... suggesting that perhaps there was a time when women reigned supreme. Some argue that there was once a Great Goddess, worshipped above all gods. Obviously, this is disputed. So, as Brooke says, let's get into this.
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Bibliography
Diamond, Jared. “The Worst Mistake in Human History.” Discover Magazine, 1987.
Eller, Cynthia. The Myth of Matriarchal Prehistory: Why an Invented Past Won't Give Women a Future. Beacon Press: Boston, 2000.
Lerner, Gerda. The creation of patriarchy. New York: Oxford University Press, 1986.
Miles, Rosalind. The Women’s History of the World. London, UK: Harper Collins Publishers, 1988.
Bibliography
Diamond, Jared. “The Worst Mistake in Human History.” Discover Magazine, 1987.
Eller, Cynthia. The Myth of Matriarchal Prehistory: Why an Invented Past Won't Give Women a Future. Beacon Press: Boston, 2000.
Lerner, Gerda. The creation of patriarchy. New York: Oxford University Press, 1986.
Miles, Rosalind. The Women’s History of the World. London, UK: Harper Collins Publishers, 1988.
