Description:
A New York Times Editor's Choice Selection
"Blistering . . . A brisk and bracing work of cultural history fueled by Ruden's righteous indignation and filigreed with her witty literary criticism." --Jennifer Szalai, New York Times Book Review
A bracing feminist chronicle of the history of the West told through seven texts, exposing where our most virulent ideas about women came from.
Brief description: Sarah Ruden is a leading translator of the ancient literature of the West. She received her PhD in classical philology from Harvard University and has been awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship and Whiting Creative Nonfiction Grant, among other honors. She lives in Connecticut.
Review Quotes: Vivid . . . Ruden successfully advocates for a world governed by saner reproductive health policies . . . A timeless treatise.-- "Kirkus Reviews"