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Fri, Nov 27, 2015
Traveling from the nomadic worlds of the Eurasian Steppes to the early civilizations of Mesopotamia, Egypt, Ancient Greece, and Rome, Dr. Amanda Foreman explores how early societies defined the roles of women and in so doing, Foreman asks some profound questions about the legacy that they left behind.
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Fri, Dec 4, 2015
Dr. Foreman explores the role of women in Asia under the philosophy religions of Confucianism and Buddhism and looks at how Asian ideals of feminine virtue and the division of space between the female world of the home and male world of business and politics became a hallmark of Chinese identity.
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Fri, Dec 18, 2015
From political uprisings to reproductive rights, the role of women in revolutions has transformed the modern world. Dr. Foreman discovers through women like campaigner and writer Olympe De Gouges and Bolshevik radical Alexandra Kollontai that the post-revolutionary world would be as rife with gender bias as the societies they�۪d helped transform.