Elizabeth Janeway - History Quotes

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Like their personal lives, women's history is fragmented, interrupted; a shadow history of human beings whose existence has been shaped by the efforts and the demands of others.

Elizabeth Janeway

If history is really relevant in today's world, the proposition doesn't command much respect. Perhaps the past is a different country, but if so no one much wants to travel there.

Elizabeth Janeway

If every nation gets the government it deserves, every generation writes the history which corresponds with its view of the world.

Elizabeth Janeway