The First Sex

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Putnam, 1971 - History - 382 pages
Are women superior to men? This unique book aims to give woman her rightful place in history while repudiating what the author calls "2,000 years of propaganda." Drawing on science, mythology, archeology, and history, Elizabeth Gould Davis comes up with some eye-opening facts: that women are "the first sex" is, in fact, this book's inescapable conclusion. -- From publisher's description

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Introduction
17
THE GYNOCRATIC WORLD
31
Mythology Speaks
47
Copyright

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