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Women's Rights & Issues

niyad

(113,315 posts) Tue Feb 19, 2013, 05:56 PM Feb 2013

today in women's herstory

February 19
This Day in Women's History

1867: Annie Meyer born

1871: Lugenia Burns Hope born

1889: Judith Cary Walker born

1902: Kay Boyle born

1917: Carson McCullers born

1952: Amy Tan born

1963: The Feminine Mystique published

http://womenshistory.about.com/od/02calendar/a/0219calendar.htm

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today in women's herstory (Original Post) niyad Feb 2013 OP

history comes from the Latin for story BainsBane Feb 2013 #1

. . niyad Feb 2013 #2

BainsBane

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1. history comes from the Latin for story

Reply to niyad (Original post)

Tue Feb 19, 2013, 07:05 PM

Feb 2013

historia -ae f. [inquiry; the results of inquiry; learning; historical narrative , history]; in gen., [narrative, story].

It is not a masculine term. In fact, it is gendered female in romance languages.

niyad

(113,315 posts)

2. . .

Reply to BainsBane (Reply #1)

Tue Feb 19, 2013, 07:17 PM

Feb 2013

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