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So she was popular and so - that probably was true for many, many people throughout history. Not saying she wasn't a formidable thinker, but many people were a
by kofddfjdfdfdff 5y ago
So she was popular and so - that probably was true for many, many people throughout history.
Not saying she wasn't a formidable thinker, but many people were and are. Only a few become famous because their inventions have long lasting effects.
- zozbot234 5y ago> So she was popular and so - that probably was true for many, many people throughout history. The weird thing is that she seems to have been popular, yet she isn't mentioned (so far as I can tell) in the main sources of pre-20th c. biography (e.g. the DNB). Uncovering such minor but influential figures that hadn't yet been comprehensively described has always been a main interest of historians and antiquarians, so I think this author's work can be described as a very real accomplishment.
- kofddfjdfdfdff 5y agoEven describing the lives of normal people would be interesting. The problem is that "feminist scholarship" carries a very real risk of history revisionism.