The Historical World

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Women : Herstory to Modernity

The role of women has been a prominent discussion among academic research and studies . Where gender dynamics from the ancient culture up to the modern time reflects how different societies have evolved basing from the role which women played in these early times . Women have been often associated as the underprivileged class where no access to public participation is granted and men dominated the private and public sphere . From the richest nations to the poorest of them all , this kind

br of role predominate the history of women . Whether or not this applies to all ancient cultures , it will be shown by relating the role of women within the context of one prominent classic civilization

The most affluent culture which is considered to be the root of western civilization greatness is the ancient Greece , where intellectual reasoning flourished and first cultivated . It is in this kind of culture where the roles of ancient Greek women will be looked at and how they have developed to be the modern women that they are today . Specifically two notable city-states from Greece will be the point of discussion to be able to show the differences of women 's role at the same period of time . The will revolve around the silent Greek women of Athens and the independence which the women of Sparta possessed . These two contradicting roles which Greek women have will be connected to the progress of women in modernity and if...