“The female sex has been left defenseless for a long time now, like an orchard without a wall and bereft of a champion to take up arms in order to protect it…” The Book of the City of Ladies by Christine de Pizan, 1405. Feminism in the 15th century? Widowed in her twenties, Christine de […]
Christine de Pizan, 15th-Century Feminist And Social Commentator
“The female sex has been left defenseless for a long time now, like an orchard without a wall and bereft of a champion to take up arms in order to protect it…” The Book of the City of Ladies by Christine de Pizan, 1405. Feminism in the 15th century? Widowed in her twenties, Christine de […]