THE SECRET HISTORY OF WEEDS: What Women Need to Know About Their History

"Girls begin to talk and to stand on their feet sooner than boys because weeds always grow up more quickly than good crops." Martin Luther's opinion in 1533 continues to plague women today as an unconscious message that the female is inferior. This book overrides that message with evidence to the contrary. Julia Hughes Jones, a pioneering woman politician, reveals through carefully selected stories the leadership challenges women have faced in history as child bearers, hearth keepers, and as support structures for the deeds and misdeeds of men in their lives.