Restoring Women to Cultural Memory

Overview of women's history, the omissions and distortions that skip the crucial female spheres of power and achievement. Excerpt from Women's Power dvd by Max Dashu of the Suppressed Histories Archives. See www.suppressedhistories.net/womenspowerdvd.html

Category:

Education

Tags:

• women's
• history
• women
• of
• color
• indigenous
• humanities
• social
• science
• economics

[singha6]

Thanks for this- this is part of a course I teach- I call women 'hidden players'. How I get the whole DVD? From your website?

[maxdashu]

@singha6 Yes, my Suppressed Histories site has a link in the upper left corner, and the page it takes you to has all the ordering options, plus a full online transcript of the movie.

[maxdashu]

@singha6 I forgt to add, the dvd is called Women's Power in Global Perspective.

[gazar2009]

There are more of Arab queens: such as Arwa bent Ahmed Al-Sulihi and Asma Ahmed Al-Sulihi of Yemen, and Radia who govern from Egypt to India during the Fatimi era. There are almost 42 powerful Arab queens governed after Islam. The new women need to learn about them as women power especially muslem women who are not hearing of their women's leadership becuase their men do not want them to lead today with weak kings. Queen of Sheeba was the strongest of all. Shafika

[maxdashu]

Of course, there are many more. This video is a broadbrush introduction on a global scale, so not enough room to go into depth. I have an article that talks about Arwa of Yemen and Razia of Delhi, which a local paper declined to print. I'll try to post it on the Suppressed Histories site soon.

[newfful]

Fascinating. You hardly ever hear anything about women in history or what their roles were.

[gutterpunk80]

@maxdashu I can't wait to order this and show it to everywoman I know, particularly my daughter.

[weightlessable]

love the women

[robinspillman]

yes mam!

[soulsistah100]

A good start on a vast and complex subject.

[999Pandora]

Excellent work Max, Thanks very much