Women and Power

Name: Women and Power
Author: Mary Beard

by Mary Beard

Essays examining representations of female power in classical antiquity

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Mary Beard

British classical scholar and television presenter whose SPQR: A History of Rome made Roman history accessible without sacrificing intellectual rigor. Women and Power examined the long history of misogyny in public discourse. She is the most visible and combative defender of the classics in public life.

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