A History of Their Own Author:Bonnie S. Anderson and Judith P. Zinsser A History of Their Own is a goundbreaking and controversial history of European women- the first to approach the past from the perspective of women and to be organized by role. — Volume 1 of this original and revolutionary two-volume history id divided into five parts: Traditions Inherited, Women of the Fields, Women of the Churches, Women of the... more » Castles and Manors, and Women of the Walled Towns. The material that is encompassed in this first volume spans the centuries from prehistory to the seventeenth century , and its territory covers England, France, Russia, and Germany, among other countries in the European region.« less