A history of their own: women in Europe from prehistory to the present. Volume II

Volume 2. Part VI. Women of the courts : rulers, patrons, and attendants: The world of absolute Monarchs from the Fifteenth to the Eighteenth Centuries

The life of the courtier

The traditional life in a grand setting : wife and Queen Consort

Women rulers

New opportunities

The legacies of renaissance humanism and the scientific revolution.

Part VII. Women of the salons and parlors : ladies, housewives, and professionals: Women in the salons

Women in the parlors

Leaving the parlors

Opportunities and limits : change and tradition in the Twentieth Century.

Part VIII. Women of the cities : mothers, workers, and revolutionaries

Family life

Earning income

Revolutions and reforms

Continuity and change : women in World War II and after.

Part IX. Traditions rejected : a history of feminism in Europe: Feminism in Europe

Asserting women's humanity : early European feminists

Asserting women's legal and political equality : equal rights movements in Europe

Feminist socialism in Europe

The women's liberation movement.