1.0The Queen of My Selfhttps://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/thequeenofmyselfDonna Heneshttps://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/thequeenofmyself/author/dhenesWomen's Power - Part 3 - The Queen of My Selfrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="tMvYcf9enr"><a href="https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/thequeenofmyself/2011/02/womens-power-part-3.html">Women’s Power – Part 3</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/thequeenofmyself/2011/02/womens-power-part-3.html/embed#?secret=tMvYcf9enr" width="600" height="338" title="“Women’s Power – Part 3” — The Queen of My Self" data-secret="tMvYcf9enr" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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Women’s Power – Part 3By Max Dashu Female mavericks were also active in the arts and sciences. The renegade nun Okuni originated the Kabuki theater, from which women were soon banned. In Moorish Spain, the poet Walladah bint-al-Mustakfi rejected the veil and marriage, preferring to host intellectual salons and take female as well as male…