Question

Explain the following statement with its reason.

Historical research was driven to focus in depth on various aspects of women’s life.

Answer 1

1. The restructuring of the history from the perspective of women based on this ideology is known as feminist historiography. The French scholar Simone de Beauvoir established the fundamentals on feminism through her writings.
2. The feminist historiography emphasised not only on the inclusion of women in history but also on the rethinking of the male dominated perspective of history. It is this change of perspective which drove the historical research to focus in depth on various aspects of women’s life