Showing posts with label international women's day. Show all posts
Showing posts with label international women's day. Show all posts

Thursday, 8 March 2018

For International Women's Day

A desk calendar reading "8 MARCH"
It's International Women's Day, so let's talk about women.
Let's talk about the fact that mainstream history has a tendency to treat women's contributions in one of two ways. Generally speaking, it's either minimised, or mythologised.
Boudica led a revolt of several native tribes against the Romans in Britain. It was a big thing in its day, and Camulodunum (among others) certainly noticed, but in the grand scheme of things it was another provincial rebellion that was put down by the Roman Empire. The long-term strategy against such events was romanisation, which continued and succeeded across southern Britannia, and to variable extents as you went north.
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