SDSU Word of Wisdom Discussion
Question Description
I’m working on a history writing question and need an explanation and answer to help me learn.
- Using any source, choose a quote about women in general, quote by a specific woman, or about a specific woman. Words of Wisdom
- Take into consideration the following questions
- Who was this woman?
- When and where did she (or they) live?
- Does it tell us anything about the woman’s personality? What?
- Does it tell us anything about the period she lived in? What?
- Research the historic context of the quote. Example: Who was Boadaceia? What happened to cause her to rail against “Roman lust?”
- Do some gender and class analysis.
- For each quote, or selected quotes, ask: Could a man have said this? Why or why not? A slave? A peasant?
- If only a female could have said this, give reasons why.
- Select some quotes by men and analyze them in the same way.
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