Publisher's Synopsis
This history explores the annihilation of more than seven million women of spirit and intelligence under the guise of the "witch hunts" of Europe.;Barstow's sweeping chronicle examines the persecution of women in order to scapegoat them for the ills of society, investigates their subjugation to sexual violence and death as a message of control to all women and compares the persecution of women with the enslavement and slaughter of African slaves and Native Americans. Barstow traces the current backlash against women to its frightening European origins and provides an understanding of our violent legacy toward women.
