Medusa
She turned the woman, Medusa, into a gorgon
Who is the Goddess Athena?
This is the term given to women who yield a weapon in stories
What is hero imposter?
Her seminal work was written as an allegory to combat medieval misogyny
What is The City of Ladies?
This name was used more often to describe the role women played in their communities during the early modern era, not witch
What is a cunning woman, nurse or midwife?
Medusa's decapitated head gave birth to them
Who are Chrysaor and Pegasus?
These purposes were among the plenty that women in the domestic sphere shared as fairy tales.
What is a tale of caution or sociaL justice?
These two reasons are some of the many that de Pizan blames for the justification of poor treatment to women.
What is the bible (Eve) and early writings from the Greeks related to medicine.
One reason that the peasantry was left impoverished and made to seek work in the cities.
What is land enclosure, land grab or primitive accumulation
The face of this candidate for the US president in 2016 was super imposed over Medusa's for a political statement
Who is Hillary Rodham Clinton?
The sources for Greek goddesses are
What is the Neolithic Age and Minoan Crete.
Some of the things that de Pizan argued for on behalf of women.
What is trusting women and providing women with an education.
This town in New England faced a smaller version of the witch hunts than its counterpart in Europe.
What is Salem?
This is often the destiny of mortal women in Greek myth when they try to avoid motherhood, seduction or matrimony
What is death or transformation into an object or animal?
This is the term that Plato coined to denote how fairy tales were transmitted
what are old wive's tales?
The name of the 5000 line poem that de Pizan said committed a horrible inaccuracy - it suggested that women meant yes when they said no when "seduced" by men
What is The Roman of the Rose?
This is what the Catholic Church in 1401 believed was a credible threat.
What is a midwife?
These social ills are reflected in Medusa's story that echo in our world today.
What is rape culture and what is victim blaming?
From the latin "To Cure", this behavior has historically been considered dangerous when women exercise it.
What is curiosity?
A modern pop song that continues the long narrative of inaccuracy about women's desire.
What is Robin Thicke's song, Blurred Lines?
In 1486 this new invention began to provide brochures and propaganda that told a story with pictures to denigrate women's contributions.
What is the printing press?