![]() Some women – almost exclusively those of an elite class – managed to negotiate roles for themselves within systems structured to deny them as much, but doing so required them to circumvent the normal conduits to power and manifest their presence by much less visible means than those afforded men. When the given period is the pre-modern era this is especially true, as women’s direct expressions were inhibited by lack of education and imposition of social decorum, and their visibility as agents of action was limited. ![]() The scholar’s project to understand women’s situations, roles, and identities in any given space, over any given period, encounters two important challenges: access to the subjects themselves and interpretive perspective on their lives and accomplishments. ![]()
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