The Role of Australian Women During World War One
During World War One, the role that women played varied from country to country.
“While You Are Away”: The Impact of the Second World War on Women’s Household Roles
Women who lived through World War II on the home front witnessed complex changes to perceptions of their gender, with propaganda and policy giving them new agency while reinforcing their positions as victims, housewives and mothers.
Women and Slaves in the Roman Republic
The Roman Republic was a deeply conservative and “status conscious society.” The paterfamilias, patriarch of the household, had near absolute authority over both citizen women and male slaves in the household.
