Hagop Baronian's political and social satire by Bardakjian, K

“…Despite advocating equality in marriage, Baronian manifested strong patriarchal tendencies, and held that a woman's primary role, designed by nature, was motherhood. …”

Legends about Women in Kosovo's Monuments and their Media Presentation by Artan Krasniqi, Albert Mecini, Dren Gërguri

“…It is a rare example of a woman's sacrifice for her husband who was an army officer, and whose metamorphosis is on the bridge. …”
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Two Senatorial Families from Klaudiupolis by Mustafa Adak

“…From this composite name the author concludes that the senator had married a woman from the gens Domitii. He also assumes that this woman stems from a senatorial family, so that the marriage was of appropriate social standing. …”
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Female leadership as demonstrated by Phoebe: An interpretation of Paul’s words introducing Phoebe to the saints in Rome by Robin Gallaher Branch

“…However, this outstanding woman seems to have been undervalued for centuries. …”
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L’infanticidio tra percezione popolare e trattamento giuridico: Prignano 1889 by Ilaria Olivieri

“…The documentation of an infanticide trial, which took place in 1889 in Modena, allowed the reconstruction of the social setting for the judicial proceedings of a young woman accused of a crime that throughout the 19th century underwent a radical legal transformation. …”
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Socio-Cultural Archetypes: Interrogating African Virginity Discourse in Tunde Kelani’s Films. by Adeyoola Mercy Ojemola

“… In African culture generally, virginity is associated with innocence from sexuality; it is ascribed the position of the pride of every woman and for the Yorubas’, one who has not “spoiled” herself. …”
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Cernunnos in Slovenia? by Marjeta Šašel Kos

“…On the left a  horseman  holding  a  spear  is  represented  in  the  upper field,  while  in  the  lower  part  three  figures  are  depicted, of whom the middle one is a woman; a man with a spear is standing in front of her.Peter  Petru  explained  the  badly  preserved  figures  as scenes  referring  to  the  Celtic  god  Cernunnos  and  to  hu-man  sacrifice  performed  in  his  honour.  …”
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Abortion campaign by O'Brien, Joanne, London Irish Women's Centre, LIWC

“…Black and white photograph showing an unidentified woman walking past a group of protesters holding placards bearing the messages 'Free safe and legal abortion' and '9000 Irish women come to England every year'. …”
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Slave and convict: José Rufino Parra’s double sentence in the Antilles and mainland Spain by Loles González-Ripoll

“…The scant but interesting documentation on the misfortune of José Rufino Parra raises many issues regarding the daily relationships between masters and slaves; the unheard-of relationship between a black man and a white woman; the conservation of family honour, and the importance of education and family for slaves within an unjust colonial system, which, despite injustices, did offer opportunities to defend themselves. …”
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Orientalisms within: Encountering Indian Subaltern Experiences by Tom Thomas

“…The subaltern experience of two significant land struggles in the state of Kerala—the Muthanga agitation spearheaded by a tribal woman C.K. Janu and the Chengara land struggle under a dalit Laha Gopalan—testify to the presence of “orientalisms” within. …”
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For Western Eyes: Nelofer Pazira's Accented Returns to Afghanistan by Rahat Imran

“… Appropriating relevant elements from Iranian film scholar Hamid Naficy’s formulation of an ‘Accented Cinema’ (2001) that addresses various aspects of diasporic filmmaking and filmmakers ‘situated in the interstices of social formations and cinematic practices’ (4) as guiding tropes for analysis, this paper focuses on the depiction of the post-Taliban period through a contextual and critical reading of Nelofer Pazira’s first documentary film Return to Kandahar (2003) and her debut feature film Act of Dishonour (2009) on the topic of 'honour-killing.' The paper examines how these films portray ‘accented’ images captured and relayed by a diaspora Afghan woman filmmaker to appeal to distant and unversed Western/foreign audiences and film festivals. …”
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Aproximación a la figura de una matrona romana culta y poderosa. El caso de Julia Domna. – Approach to the figure of a cultured and powerful Roman matron. The case of Julia Domna... by Caravaca Guerrero, Consuelo Isabel

“…Honoured with several adjectives such as Augusta, Pía, Felix or mater Augustorum and mater castrorum, her influence spread all over the Empire. …”
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A few words about the founder of the Macedonian modern sculpture by Marković Kamenko M.

“…His best pieces include: The Portrait of the Artist's Mother, A Peasant Woman Portrait, The Pit, The Macedonian Pieta, A Girl, A monument in honour of Koco Racin, The Miladinov Brothers, St. …”
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Mythologizing the Memory of Gloriana by Sihem Garrouri

“…It scrutinizes Bradstreet’s mythological depiction of the last Tudor monarch, Queen Elizabeth I, illustrating how a woman poet rewrites the identity of a female sovereign. …”
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Between Islam and the Sacred Forest by Martin Gruber, Frank Seidel

“…They are told that two seemingly conflicting ceremonies take place during a four-day event commemorating a recently deceased woman: A Muslim celebration of the 40th day after death conducted by a local Imam and the Mkisaata ritual, performed by the members of a Nalu female secret society in honour of its deceased member. …”
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New inscriptions from the Museum of Bursa by Nalan Eda Akyürek Şahin, Hüseyin Uzunoğlu

“…The funerary inscriptions are humble, but apart from contributing to the already rich onomastics of Bithynia Mysia, they also provide some interesting information, such as concerning a freedman (no. 5), a new phyle called Protinia (no. 10), the posthumous honouring of a woman doctor (no. 11), and, a teacher (no. 16). …”
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Role of English Press in Dissemination of Liberal Values for Women Empowerment in Pakistan: A Case Study of Honor Killing of Social Media Star Qandeel Baloch by Nazia Hussain

“…The sexual freedom and provocative activities of Qandeel Baloch were admired and praised and she was constructed as a woman of substance and honour.…”
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Letters to India by Clive

“…Her story is not bound up with the Holocaust, nor (as far as we know) did she experience antisemitism: but this essay attempts to highlight the majesty and sparkle of a moment in the mundane life of a Jewish woman, and its brief impact on a gentile. The focus is on her musical remarks about some of the leading performers of the day. …”
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The Moor of Venice: Critically Analysing Othello Based on Race, Colour, Gender as the Social Constructor, and the Facilitator to Kill Desdemona by Sneha Chakraborty

“…This will be intertwined with examining the notions of ownership and honour in the play and how the ‘motiveless malignity’ affected the ‘fate’ of a woman. …”
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Young Women’s Experience of Sexuality: A Battle of Pleasure and Sexual Purity in the Context of Malaysian Society by Fazli Khalaf, Zahra, Liow, Jun Wei, Low, Wah Yun, Ghorbani, Behzad, Merghati-Khoei, Effat

“…The findings of this study revealed that sexuality was experienced under the control of religion and society with the concern of conserving a woman’s purity and social honour; and imposing risks and responsibility on women. …”