Agriculture Quote by Carol P. Christ

Anthropologists believe women were among the skilled boxers of the ancient, sport-loving Minoan culture that flourished on Crete until 1100 B.C. The boxing booths…

— Katherine Dunn

“What is it about the Greek character that has allowed this complex culture to thrive for millennia? The Greek Isles are home to an…

— Laura Brooks

“Many questions come to mind. How influenced by contemporary religions were many of the scholars who wrote the texts available today? How many scholars…

— Merlin Stone

“Men had been threatened by women from the days of Pandora, the first woman, & would not spare any efforts in order to rule…

— Nicholas Chong

It's only very recently that women have succeeded in entering those professions which, as Muses, they typified for the Greeks

— Anonymous

Women have their uses for historians.

— Ronald Syme

“Ritual characterizes every aspect of life here, and even mundane, daily activities take on an ageless quality. The daily rhythm begins at dawn, as…

— Laura Brooks

Very learned women are to be found, in the same manner as female warriors; but they are seldom or ever inventors.

— Voltaire

Women were relegated to an inferior caste ... most dramatically with the coming of industrialization. 'Women's work' was segregated from significant human activity.

— Madonna Kolbenschlag

The last western society to worship female powers was Minoan Crete. And significantly, that fell and did not rise again.

— Camille Paglia

Men, not only in Turkish society but everywhere, have been the bosses in terms of creation. If you look at art history, women were…

— Deniz Gamze Erguven

Women have an important contribution to make.

— Margaret Mead