Women and children first

Title: Women and Children First

Writer: Els Kloek

Binding: Paperback

EAN: 9789460044540

Condition: Good

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Description:
'Of course I also hesitated when I decided to set women apart, but I saw it as the only way to break through their age-old invisibility.' Short is good. That was the guideline for the biographies in 1001 women, the two thick books with which Els Kloek (1952) made her breakthrough with the general public. The same goes for the forty pieces she wrote that are collected in Women and Children First. In her own light-hearted tone, without moralizing, dictating or complaining, she discusses issues such as the sense and nonsense of the canon, women's history as a catch-up maneuver, apologies for the past and other thorny issues that historians encounter during their research. She also gives readers an insight into the creation of 1001 women, her magnum opus, on which she worked for more than fifteen years. In Women and Children, Els Kloek first uses incidents from daily life, critical observations and research experiences to shed light on historical and current themes that concern her. Of course, a number of remarkable women are featured.