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 25
... woman is a natal mechanism . Thus it is advised that too much mental activity can cause an “ ovarian neuralgia , " during which neither the brain nor the womb receives enough blood . That the thinking woman , by " deflecting blood to ...
... woman is a natal mechanism . Thus it is advised that too much mental activity can cause an “ ovarian neuralgia , " during which neither the brain nor the womb receives enough blood . That the thinking woman , by " deflecting blood to ...
Page 236
... Woman , to cook her husband a good dinner , etc. He says , " It's Nature that is so ungallant and unkind to your sex , " and later : " Nature's darling woman is a stay - at - home woman . " " a monster more horrible " : see James ...
... Woman , to cook her husband a good dinner , etc. He says , " It's Nature that is so ungallant and unkind to your sex , " and later : " Nature's darling woman is a stay - at - home woman . " " a monster more horrible " : see James ...
Page 240
... woman . like the Negro : see PSV , p . 57 . intellectual faculties : see Carl Vogt , Lectures on Man , " as cited in PSV , p . 51 . woman's brain . . . " lower races " : see Allan , " The Real Differences , " as cited in TH , pp . 220–1 ...
... woman . like the Negro : see PSV , p . 57 . intellectual faculties : see Carl Vogt , Lectures on Man , " as cited in PSV , p . 51 . woman's brain . . . " lower races " : see Allan , " The Real Differences , " as cited in TH , pp . 220–1 ...
Contents
MATTER | 5 |
LAND Her Changing Face | 47 |
TIMBER What Was There for Them | 56 |
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