Question

What is feminist historiography?

Answer 1

1. The restructuring of the history from the perspective of women is known as ‘Feminist Historiography’. The fundamentals of feminism were established through the writings of French scholar Simone de Beauvoir. 
2. It emphasised the inclusion of women in history as well as the rethinking of the male dominated perspective of history. 
3. Feminist Historiography also led the historical research to focus in detail on several aspects of women’s life such as their employment, their role in trade union, institutions working for their cause, their family life, etc. Due to this, post 1990, women were portrayed as an independent social class in the historical writings.

Answer 2

Feminist historiography is another school of writing history based on the views of women. Historical research is written with extensive research based on the various situations of women’s life such as employment, family conditions, education institutions working for or with them, women’s role in various fields, etc. One such example is the writings of Simone de Beauvoir who explains the basic principles related to Feminism. In, the historical records women after 1990 are shown as the independent class.