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From History and Feminism: A Glass Half Full, by Judith P. Zinsser.

"For the 1980 International Congress of Historical Sciences, the American Historical Association sponsored a description of 'Recent United States Scholarship on the History Women.' The 55-page pamphlet written by historians in both United States and European history documented a decade of unprecedented scholarly productivity: basic texts, essay collections, monographs, and articles, all touching on women's historical experience across class, race, and culture. These hundreds of new books and articles were the first impact of feminism. For this field--" Wait a second.

Hold up.
Let me read that again.
The FIRST IMPACT of feminism.
Published for a conference that occurred only nine years before I was born?

Whoa.