Woman and Nature: The Roaring Inside Her"A West Coast feminist and poet draws from myth, legend, history, religion, sociology, science, and other sources to trace the evolution of attitudes toward and perceptions of women and nature."--Goodreads website. |
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Page 14
... abstract knowledge , all knowledge which is dry , it is cautioned , must be abandoned to the laborious and solid mind of man . " For this reason , " it is further reasoned , " women will never learn geometry . " There is a controversy ...
... abstract knowledge , all knowledge which is dry , it is cautioned , must be abandoned to the laborious and solid mind of man . " For this reason , " it is further reasoned , " women will never learn geometry . " There is a controversy ...
Page 26
... abstract ideas from concrete cases . " Science offends the modesty of all real women , " it is written . “ It makes them feel as if one wanted to peep under their skin - yet , worse , under their dress and finery . " And it is stated ...
... abstract ideas from concrete cases . " Science offends the modesty of all real women , " it is written . “ It makes them feel as if one wanted to peep under their skin - yet , worse , under their dress and finery . " And it is stated ...
Page 237
... abstract thought : see Sir Almroth E. Wright , The Unexpurgated Case Against Women Suffrage , as cited in TH , p . 221 n . female organism transmits : see William K. Brooks , " The Condition of Women from a Zoological Point of View ...
... abstract thought : see Sir Almroth E. Wright , The Unexpurgated Case Against Women Suffrage , as cited in TH , p . 221 n . female organism transmits : see William K. Brooks , " The Condition of Women from a Zoological Point of View ...
Contents
MATTER | 3 |
LAND Her Changing Face | 47 |
TIMBER What Was There for Them | 56 |
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