Describes the circumstances that have influenced the lives of Chinese women, including current trends, and individual women who are impacting their country and the world.
General Note
Includes index.
Content Note
Human beings with no value : the historical role of Chinese women -- Women hold up half the sky : Chinese women and the cultural revolution -- Obedient and lowly : Chinese philosophy and women -- Daughter, wife, and mother : women's roles in Chinese families -- Warriors, empresses, and concubines : Chinese women who proved women's worth -- Unbound lives : modern change and Chinese women.