Best women in history books according to redditors

men created patriarchal structures to freely use womens' reproductive labor power


I can't recommend Lerner's Creation of the Patriarchy enough for this. An amazon reviewer sums up her thesis well:


>The struggle to control nature through agriculture created a shift toward patriarchy. Lerner reveals that it was women's reproductive capacity that men wanted to control for economic reasons. Children became an asset. Their labor was needed to till the soil and shepherd the herds. Certain "ecological conditions and biological irregularities" that threatened the survival of the tribe also contributed to viewing women's bodies as a commodity that could be exchanged with tribes, and acquired through tribal warfare leading to female slavery, concubinage, wives being subordinate to their husbands, and class formation. Lerner traces the rise of male power, the reification of women as the private property of men with the eventual subordination of women (and some men) through the codes and laws of the state, which dehumanized women in order to institutionalize male dominated hierarchies.


it all boils down to biology I think

Now the association of rationality with masculinity can be traced throughout the Western philosophical canon. Plato, Aristotle, Descartes, Kant, and Hegel all invoke the importance of rationality, but none of them really make room for women in philosophical inquiry. Thus, French feminism tries to carve out a space for women in thinking and writing. Hélène Cixous, a close friend of Jacques Derrida, also tries to capture what it means for women to write since writing is plagued by the dissemination of masculine thought. To be sure, the movement is baffling to most, but they have very interesting criticisms of philosophical discourse that take form outside of the typical "philosophical work". The idea is the challenge our notions of philosophy by adhering less and less to their criteria for inclusion.

Further Reading:

Tuana, Women and the History of Philosophy

Cixous, "The Laugh of the Medusa"

Irigaray, Speculum of the Other woman

Gerda Lerner's text The Creation of the Patriarchy is an excellent read. I highly recommend picking up a copy and reading the whole thing.

> I remember the most popular feminist book of the 80s was ''The Politics of Women's Spirituality'', a hilarious title.

>http://www.amazon.com/The-Politics-Womens-Spirituality-Founding/dp/0385172419

>It instructed young women that choosing to be a feminist made one a spiritual goddess leader of eternal infallability. It is one of the most influential books in the history of feminism.

How strange that the most popular feminist book of the 80s, and one of the most influential books in the history of feminism, has only three reviews. Must be a feminist conspiracy.

For pleasure:

• The Disappearing Spoon
  
• Periodic Tales
  
• Stuff Matters
  
• Molecules of Murder
  
• The Elements of Murder
  
• The Elements
  
• Molecules
  
• Molecules that Changed the World
  
• The Chemistry Book
  
  Undergraduate
  
  
• Organic:
  Organic Chemistry as a Second Language, The art of writing reasonable organic reaction mechanisms
  
  
• Inorganic: Inorganic Chemistry, Molecular Symmetry and Group Theory
  
  
• Analytical: Principles of Instrumental Anlsysis, Fundamentals of Analytical Chemistry
  
  Graduate
  
  
• Organic: Advanced Practical Organic Chemistry, March's Advanced Organic Chemistry, Greene's Protective Groups in Organic Synthesis, Purification of Laboratory Chemicals, Strategic Applications of Named Reactions in Organic Synthesis
  
• Inorganic: Advanced Inorganic Chemistry

Yes, this is something that's discussed within feminism. It's sometimes referred to as empowertising or femvertising.

I haven't read it personally, but there is a book by Andi Zeisler called We Were Feminists Once: From Riot Grrrl to CoverGirl®, the Buying and Selling of a Political Movement about this topic.

Here's a podcast by Stuff Mom Never Told You on the topic: http://www.stuffmomnevertoldyou.com/podcasts/empowertising.htm

Anyone else who is interested in the transition of feminism from a set of ideals you fought for to a collection of mass-produced plastic shit you can Buy Now will find the book We Were Feminists Once good reading.

Lesbians hit each other more than hetero couples, and more than gay male couples.
Feminists don't even know the basics about their gender biology, forget about knowing about feminism.
I saw scores of feminists in the 80s and 90s reading this piece of shit, that proposes that female and male ''spirituality'' are at odds with each other, among other batshit crazy notions.
''This feminist classic (first published in 1982) presents a chorus of voices exploring their authentic spirituality.'' LOL puke
https://www.amazon.com/Politics-Womens-Spirituality-Founding-Movement/dp/0385172419
Men are apparently devoid of all ''spirituality'', and all females are goddesses. That shitbook has had a major influence on modern US women, but the twisted notions have been further twisted by telephone game style ''passing it on'' that has warped feminists into the madness we see today. Everything a woman says is allegedly the wisdom of the goddesses, and everything a man says comes from the devil.
Feminism is a religion, but say that to a feminist and they will lose it, like any cultist being called out for being in a cult.

Oh wow that is so awesome of you! My kindle stopped working a few weeks ago :( I loved that thing. Idk what happened to it but it wouldn't turn on even though it was charged. But I would love a fancy HD one. I had the old kindle fire which worked really well but I want to see the new bells and whistles! I love reading on the kindle because it's like carrying an entire library with me in my bag. It'd be nice to be able to read while I'm on vacation! I've been wanting to read this book for a while. I looove science and this is a collection of true stories that have to do with the periodic table of elements. I like hearing the history and the strange things in science!

Thank you again for the contest, it is so kind of you 186394!

Is this it? Women's Work, The First 20,000 Years- Women, Cloth, and Society in Early Times by Elizabeth Wayland Barber

You should really read books instead of just getting your ideology from internet comments.

I've never read "The Selfish Gene," so I'm not sure my suggestion will be any good, but I loved reading "The Disappearing Spoon" by Sam Keane.

It's basically a collection of narratives that have to do with various elements on the periodic table. Loved every minute of it.

The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State by Engels for scientific study of the emergence of patriarchy and its economic-material basis.

Alexandra Kollontai, leading voice in the Bolshevik revolution

Marxism and the Oppression of Women by Lise Vogel is highly regarded for a more recent theoretical work

Women Fight Back: The centuries-long struggle for liberation for U.S.-focused history of radical women's liberation struggles

Women in Cuba: The making of a revolution within the revolution - history of women's inclusion in the Cuban revolution and the founding of the Federation of Cuban Women, one of the most crucial mass organizations perpetuating the revolution

You could read some Harry Haywood or W.E.B. Du Bois

Verso has a good collection of Ho Chi Minh's writings, which includes a good intro that grounds you in the historical context of the selections

• A Review of Korean History Vol.1, Ancient/Goryeo Era (Woo, Han Young)
  
• A Review of Korean History Vol.2, Joseon Era (Woo, Han Young)
  
• A Review of Korean History Vol.3, Modern/Contemporary Era (Woo, Han Young)
  
• Women of Korea: A History from Ancient Times to 1945 (Ed. Kim, Yung-Chung)
  
• Sources of Korean Tradition: Volume One: From Early Times Through the Sixteenth Century (Lee, Peter H.)
  
• The Memoirs of Lady Hyegyong: The Autobiographical Writings of a Crown Princess of Eighteenth-Century Korea (Ed., Trans. JaHyun Kim Haboush)
  
• The Dawn of Modern Korea: the transformation in life and cityscape (Lankov, Andrei)
  
  A Review of Korean History is good for a quick overview of the political, cultural, and social changes that took place in the different polities of the Korean peninsula. It doesn't go into too much detail on any particular point but you do get information about things like the impact of corvée labour, the sarim faction, etc.
  
  Sources of Korean Tradition can be rather dry but includes translated quotes from the original source material. The book introduces differences in Buddhist schools and Confucian thought in Korea's past, which is not something that I've seen discussed in many other works.
  
  The Dawn of Modern Korea is a series of essays that each deal with the introduction of a new product or piece of technology: automobiles, the electric light bulb, photography, and so on. Not landmark history, but a fun easy read.

The Poisoner's Handbook is about the chemistry behind traditional poisons and the development of modern forensics in New York.

I have also seen Napoleon's Buttons and The Disappearing Spoon recommended, but I haven't read them yet.

I would suggest Barber's Women's Work. It's very early. It's a history of textiles, which were extremely important and are under-reported on for many reasons, including the fact that they don't survive very well.

Every single "person with similar views as nolimitsoldier" I have encountered has always fallen into 1 of the following groups.

1. "12-24 Naive" This is the age where people tend to dismiss feminism without taking any initiative to learn about new and old feminist theories. I understand why so many people in this group so readily believe misconceptions about feminism. It is due to lack of knowledge or background regarding the new and old feminist theories. Also why nolimitsoldier believes all feminists think they are artists / photographers is beyond me. I blame the countless people who don't take the time to learn about the concepts and definitions regarding feminism and much of the media. Isn't until people mature and take the initiative to learn about feminism and realize that modern societies are still patriarchal, misogynist, and sexist.
   
   
2. "Man Eaters" This misconception is the standard among those who still disregard feminism. Most I have met lack any true knowledge on the feminist theory and believe the myth that all feminist are hairy man hating lesbians. Feminists come from all background and genders so this couldn't possibly true. This stereotype is false. Myth:Feminists are man hating lesbians
   
   
3. "Corporate" Again more misconceptions. People complain about feminism, woman, etc, while not understanding what feminism has to do with the plight of the woman. At the end of the day it'll depend on the person and the person they're respecting if they're a good leader or not. Because believe it or not people come from all different backgrounds and cultures! It just goes against our cultured societal beliefs that women can be good leaders. **A side example of this is the iron my shirt incident with Hillary Clinton
   
   
4. "more bullshit" The definition of feminist varies in each textbook but they all mean the same thing in the end: people seeking the equal treatment of women. Men already dominate the world. This hasn't allowed women to dominate or control men in any way. And feminists aren't seeking the domination of men, we are seeking the equality of genders.
   
   To learn more about feminism you can read or watch the following websites,books, or videos:
   
   Youtube Videos or Channels:
   
   

• Tony Porter:A Call to Men
  
• Feminism Survey:Men on the Street
  
• Missrepresentation Documentary Trailer
  
• Joss Whedon's Equality Now speech
  
• Feminist Frequency
  
• Trixie Films
  
  Websites/Blogs:
  
  
• Finally Feminism 101
  
• Feminist Frequency
  
• Geek Feminism
  
• The F-Word
  
• Feminist Peace Network
  
• Gender Across Borders
  
• Feministing
  
• Feministe
  
• Tiger Beatdown
  
• Feminist Teacher
  
• The Feminist Hub
  
• Lipstick Feminists
  
  Books:
  
  
• Feminist Theory: From Margin to Center by Bell Hooks
  
• Feminism: The Essential Historical Writings
  
• Delusions of Gender: How Our Minds, Society, and Neurosexism Create Difference by Cordelia Fine
  
• Gender Knot Revised Ed: Unraveling Our Patriarchal Legacy by Allan G. Johnson
  
• Feminist Theory: A Reader by Wendy Kolmar
  
• The Second Wave: A Reader in Feminist Theory
  
• Third Wave Feminism: Expanded
  
• Different Wavelengths: Studies of the Contemporary Women's Movement
  
• Feminism without Borders: Decolonizing Theory, Practicing Solidarity by Chandra Talpade Mohanty
  
• Defending Our Dreams: Global Feminist Voices for a New Generation
  
• Listen Up: Voices from the Next Feminist Generation
  
• Enlightened Sexism by Susan J. Douglas
  
• Yes Means Yes: Visions of Female Sexual Power and A World Without Rape
  
• The Equality Illusion: The Truth about Women and Men Today by Kat Banyard
  
• Reclaiming the F Word: The New Feminist Movement by Catherine Redfern and Kristin Aune
  
• Transforming a Rape Culture by Emilie Buchwald, Pamela Fletcher and Martha Roth
  
• Well-Behaved Women Seldom Make History by Laurel Ulrich
  
• Men Speak Out: Views on Gender, Sex, and Power

The Disappearing Spoon has been on my list since they made it a monthly deal - it looks so interesting! Thanks for the ebook contest. :)

You could look into The Disappearing Spoon. This series of blog articles will give a bit of a preview of how the book reads.

The Disappearing Spoon: And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements

And I'll second Green_Army's recommendation of The Man Who Mistook his Wife for a Hat- I'm a 'hard' scientist and even still I enjoyed this book.

• Brave New World by Aldous Huxley, taught in many schools and rightfully so because it is great.
  
  
• The Underland Chronicles by Suzanne Collins(also wrote Hunger Games) very few people have read these books which is sad because they are great, they are aimed for a younger audience but still good for a lighter read for adults
  
• The Disappearing Spoon: And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements by Sam Kean, great informative and entertaining book about science
  
  
• The Sword of Shannara Trilogy by Terry Brooks, great fantasy series that few people have read
  
  
• Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: The Deluxe Heirloom Edition by Jane Austen, Seth Grahame-Smith, a entertaining twist on the original and this version has even more zombies than the original edition, have it and love it.
  
  These are some of my favorite books, all of which I have read and hope to own someday or currently own. I highly recommend the Underland Chronicles to you since you like the Hunger Games but I really think you will like any of these books.

Sheila Rowbotham! Sheila Rowbotham! Sheila Rowbotham! This might be a good place to start. Melissa Gira Grant's Playing the Whore is also wonderful and a must-read.

And then the old classics by Rosa Luxemburg and Emma Goldman, of course.

There is actually a great book about the word: https://www.amazon.com/Cunt-20th-Anniversary-Declaration-Independence/dp/1580056644/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1535819869&sr=8-1&keywords=cunt&dpID=51bgji-HEIL&preST=_SX258_BO1,204,203,200_QL70_&dpSrc=srch

This isn't crochet, but it's an amazing book on the history of women's crafts like spinning and weaving.

Women's Work: The First 20,000 Years Women, Cloth, and Society in Early Times https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00Z03ED00/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_Nrn4CbGBGA95G

I've checked and all of these are available new and are not exorbitantly expensive. I haven't read all of them, some are just from my own personal wish list. These are radfem but not directly trans-focused. Sorry if that was more what you were looking for, if so I can check for more along those lines.

Life and Death by Dworkin

Intercourse by Dworkin

Letters from a war zone by Dworkin

The creation of patriarchy by Lerner

Origin of the family, private property and the state by Engels

Ain't I a woman: black women and feminism by hooks

Pornland by Dines

Anticlimax by Jeffreys

Are woman human? by MacKinnon

I am loving The Disappearing Spoon.

Sally Miller Gearhart, "The Future—If There Is One—Is Female," Reweaving the Web of Life: Feminism and Nonviolence, New Society Publishers 1982:266–284.

Edit: https://www.amazon.com/Reweaving-Web-Life-Feminism-Nonviolence/dp/0865710163

Ohhhh, look at the pretty green cover of this ebook! Look at it. You know you want to :)

The Disappearing Spoon: And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements by Sam Kean is a really good book and covers a lot of chemistry. It is well written and engaging and has a lot of fun facts and accounts of scientists.

I don't really know how to edit it at all but I'd include a bunch more references such as:

http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv81757/pdf

http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv81757

https://library.uoregon.edu/special-collections

her essay where she talks about wanting all the men to die is included in her book

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0865710163/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0865710163&linkCode=as2&tag=theamericanre-20&linkId=NB64LM5XL2PUF6GU which was already referenced previously.

I can finally participate, because I have a real use for ebooks ;D

The Disappearing Spoon looks wonderful. :)

Thank you for the contest! You're the shit.

There's a good book on this that tells the story of each element and how it was discovered. And yes it was a nationalistic pissing contest. Some mad scientists were involved. The Disappearing Spoon

The Disappearing Spoon. I absolutely loved reading it.

http://www.amazon.com/Disappearing-Spoon-Madness-Periodic-Elements/dp/0316051640

This ebook has been on my wishlist for ages! Awesome, now its cheap!

The Disappearing Spoon: And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements by Sam Kean

Not a chemistry fan, but I found this really fun and interesting.

The Disappearing Spoon is a great book if you are interested in how the periodic table shaped the history of the world. It's a really easy read and offers a lot of history and science facts that you may have not otherwise come across.

http://www.amazon.com/The-Disappearing-Spoon-Periodic-Elements/dp/0316051640

i'm sure we both mean the same thing. I did some reading about it in on the map by Simon Garfield, an interesting read if you haven't already read it.

> you didn't even look at the evidence on the video.

I listened to the first 20 minutes and then skipped through the rest. It made some valid points. However, it did not /r/redpill me perhaps as you had hoped.

> a mentally dysfunctional woman's group.

So far you've told women to shut up and are now calling them crazy. DOUBLE HIT.

> I don't understand feminist media critique

Exactly.

> Every thing to you is a death threat, a rape claim,

No. However women in tech and gaming media regularly receive death and rape threats.

> copy paste diatribe you

Did not copy and paste.

> Sarkeesian is the George Bush of the gaming industry.

What?

> It's her telling the lies

You have yet to give me an example of a "lie". Again, do you know the difference between a difference of opinion and "lying"?

> he and I gave death threats

I never accused you of sending death threats.

> you are a scratched record playing the same diatribe over and over

You understand what a debate is, right? Are you just mad I am not agreeing with you? Do you only talk to people who agree with you?

> to portray your so called superior cerebrum

It's called an analogy.

> self help books

You could try an academic book. Heck, you could just read the Wikipedia article to understand you are so far off-base regarding modern feminism.

> What possible benefit would come from it

Are you asking what possible benefit from coming from hearing a different opinion than yours?

> I don't want to be disillusioned about the world

You're right, it's much easier to go through the world unquestioningly.

> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ee8RgbS9ESE

Can you point me to a book, essay, lecture, or academic paper, really anything besides a YouTube video, to back up your arguments? Sarkeesian can.

The Disappearing Spoon. Also anything by Mary Roach, especially Stiff.

• The Disappearing Spoon
  
  
• A Short History of Nearly Everything
  
  These are two I've read and suggest. The first is about the history and events surrounding discovery of the elements. The second is just a nice history of various science topics.
  
  Enjoy, and have a nice couple weeks off.
  
  -- C

Labor day.

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"Age is a terrible thief. Just when you're getting the hang of life, it knocks your legs out from under you and stoops your back. It makes you ache and muddies your head and silently spreads cancer throughout your spouse." -Water for Elephants.

Chemistry kinda IS physics on a tiny scale. Try reading 'The Disappearing Spoon'. It presents chemistry in a very exciting way.

There were also several layouts proposed for the table, and debates on how best to arrange the elements.

It's also easier to see that they fit in this configuration because it's a human invention. Elements as we know them are just electrons, protons, and neutrons. Certain electron shells convey certain properties, and have been arranged to show the most in common properties.

For a good read on this topic, check out The Disappearing Spoon. It has some history behind the discovery of various elements.

In the same vein, I also recommend The Disappearing Spoon.

Simon Garfield's "On the Map" is quite a fun read if you're interested in the origins of cartography, and it's full of tidbits like this. Not a particularly in-depth read so might disappoint more rigorous readers, but very accessible as a starting point.

Just get her this: http://www.amazon.com/Bitch-Praise-Difficult-Elizabeth-Wurtzel-ebook/dp/B009FKVY2E/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1417389199&sr=1-3&keywords=bitch

Sure, here

The Disappearing Spoon: And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements is quite interesting.

I’ve heard we should all be feminists is pretty good, but if you’re looking for like a collection that highlights feminist through throughout its history I suggest Feminism: the Essential Historical Writings. It’s a really good book featuring some of the most influential and important historical essays from the feminist movement. https://www.amazon.com/Feminism-Essential-Historical-Miriam-Schneir-ebook/dp/B00KEPLC5S/ref=mp_s_a_1_5?keywords=feminism&qid=1556813691&s=gateway&sr=8-5

Someone has been reading "The Disappearing Spoon" I take it.