For a period of time beginning in the 16th century and extending into the 17th, the women of the Harem effectively controlled the state in what was termed the " Sultanate of Women " ( Kadınlar Saltanatı ).

Image: Pera Museum 4. jpg | Women and children dancing in the Harem of Topkapı Palace

The Imperial Harem: Women and Sovereignty in the Ottoman Empire, new ed.

Rethinking Orientalism: Women, Travel, And The Ottoman Harem.

*" Royal French Women in the Ottoman Sultans ' Harem: The Political Uses of Fabricated Accounts from the Sixteenth to the Twenty-first Century "

Tales from the Expat Harem: Foreign Women in Modern Turkey, reprint ed.

Helen Deutsch informed us ( The Psychology Of Women, Vol. 2,, 434 ) that in all cultures `` the term ' stepmother ' automatically evokes deprecatory implications '', a conclusion accepted by many.

`` Meet the Artist '' is the invitation issued by members of the Greater Philadelphia Section of the National Council of Jewish Women as they arrange for an annual exhibit and sale of paintings and sculpture at the Philmont Country Club on April 8 and 9.

* Anna Kournikova ( Women Who Win ) by Connie Berman ( 2001 ) ( ISBN 978-0-7910-6529-7 / ISBN 978-0-7910-6529-7 )

* Bernard Hamilton, " Women in the Crusader States: The Queens of Jerusalem ", in Medieval Women, edited by Derek Baker.

Aeschylus travelled to Sicily once or twice in the 470s BC, having been invited by Hiero I of Syracuse, a major Greek city on the eastern side of the island ; and during one of these trips he produced The Women of Aetna ( in honor of the city founded by Hieron ) and restaged his Persians.

— Count Carl-Magnus Malcolm ( replaced by ' In Praise of Women ')

* My Husband the Pig — Countess Charlotte Malcolm ( replaced by the second half of ' In Praise of Women ')

Movies have even achieved cult status by successfully imitating the awfulnesses of so-bad-it's-good movies ( The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra and Amazon Women on the Moon being just two examples ).

Women were banned by the Pauline dictum mulieres in ecclesiis taceant (" let women keep silent in church "; see I Corinthians, ch 14, v 34 ).

A Married Women ( Restraint Upon Anticipation ) Act was passed in 1949 “ to equalise, to render inoperative any restrictions upon anticipation or alienation attached to the enjoyment of property by a woman ,” while the Married Women ( Maintenance ) Act of 1949 was enacted with the intention of improving the adequacy and duration of financial benefits for married women.

* In the film What Women Want ( 2000 ), Mel Gibson's character tries to block out his daughter's thoughts by muttering the poem under his breath.

During the Han dynasty period, the important Confucian text Lessons for Women ( Nüjie ), was written by Ban Zhao ( 45-114 CE ): by a woman, for women.

CND's growing support in the 1980s provoked opposition from several sources, including Peace Through Nato, the British Atlantic Committee ( which received government funding ), Women and Families for Defence ( set up by conservative journalist Lady Olga Maitland to oppose the Greenham Common Peace Camp ), the Conservative Party's Campaign for Defence and Multilateral Disarmament, the Coalition for Peace through Security, the Foreign Affairs Research Institute, and The 61, a private sector intelligence agency.

The controversial book " The Education of Christian Women " by Juan Luis Vives, which claimed women have the right to an education, was dedicated to and commissioned by her.

* Crystal Eastman on Women and Revolution, edited by Blanche Wiesen Cook ( 1978 )

Other chart hits during this period included Parton's chart-topping cover of the 1969 First Edition hit " But You Know I Love You " and " The House of the Rising Sun " ( both 1981 ), " Single Women ", " Heartbreak Express " and " Hard Candy Christmas " ( 1982 ) and 1983's " Potential New Boyfriend ", which was accompanied by one of Parton's first music videos, and which also reached the U. S. dance charts.

The Sabine Women Enforcing Peace by Running between the Combatants, also called The Intervention of the Sabine Women is said to have been painted to honor his wife, with the theme being love prevailing over conflict.

The first death due to cholera occurred in 1866, but by then Elizabeth had already opened St. Mary ’ s Dispensary for Women and Children, at 69 Seymour Place.

Their entry " The Balkan Women " by Jules Tasca was the target of a group of middle school parents between the Regional and State competitions.

Trips to Europe brought her into contact with women such as Avril Saint Croix, president of the moral unity committee of the International Council of Women, and Jules Siegfried, president of the French National Council of Women ( Acción femenina, 1917: 134 in Little 1975, 391 )

* Jules Amédée Barbey d ' Aurevilly wrote tales of terror in which morbid passions are acted out in bizarre crimes, such as Les Diaboliques Diabolical Women ( written in 1858, published in 1874, no relation to the movie ).

" Some Ruminations on Women, Violence, and the Criminal Law ," in Jules Coleman and Allen Buchanan, eds., In Harm's Way: Essays in Honor of Joel Feinberg.

Women had some rights before the Norman Conquest that were not present in England by circa 1100.

Women of the Mau movement circa 1930

Women shop workers clean and repaint an AB Standard circa 1917-1918.

In October 1847, Lucy Stone gave her first public speech on the subject of women's rights, entitled The Province of Women, at her brother Bowman Stone's church in Gardner, Massachusetts.

The Masonic College, also built in the Greek Revival style, operated from 1847 to 1857, and after the Civil War, it housed the Central College for Women.

In October 1847, she gave her first public speech on the subject of women's rights, entitled The Province of Women, at the invitation of her brother Bowman Stone, to speak at his church in Gardner, Massachusetts.

The Town ( 2 vols., 1848 ) and Men, Women and Books ( 2 vols., 1847 ) are partly made up from former material.

Women and children in England were granted the ten-hour day in 1847.

Scene from the Harem by Fernand Cormon

In Russia Nasreddin is known mostly because of the novel " Tale of Hodja Nasreddin " written by Leonid Solovyov ( English translations: " The Beggar in the Harem: Impudent Adventures in Old Bukhara ," 1956, and " The Tale of Hodja Nasreddin: Disturber of the Peace ," 2009 ).

The daughter of an Orthodox priest, she was captured by Tatars from Crimea, sold as a slave in Constantinople, and eventually rose through the ranks of the Harem to become Suleiman's favourite.

* 2003: English soprano Sarah Brightman sampled " Un bel dì vedremo " in her song " It's a beautiful day ", included in her album Harem ; that song in turn was a cover of the 2000 song "" Ein schöner Tag " on the album Weltreise by the German band Schiller.

* “ Abduction from the Harem ” in Timewalker Issue 14 ( October 1996, published by Valiant Comics )

By 1869, Leonowens was in New York, where she opened a school for girls for a brief period on Staten Island, and began contributing travel articles to a Boston journal, Atlantic Monthly, including " The Favorite of the Harem ", reviewed by the New York Times as " an Eastern love story, having apparently a strong basis of truth ".

The sequel, Romance of the Harem ( 1873 ), incorporates tales based on palace gossip, including the king's alleged torture and execution of one of his concubines, Tuptim ; the story lacks independent corroboration and is dismissed as out of character for the king by some critics.

When the assassins approached the Harem chambers where Mahmud was staying, she was able to keep them away for a while by throwing ashes into their faces, temporary blinding them.

* The Lustful Turk, or Lascivious Scenes from a Harem ( 1828 ) by Anonymous.

Harem Pool by the Orientalism | Orientalist painter Jean-Léon Gérôme c. 1876 ; naked females in harem or bathing settings are a staple of much Orientalist painting

Sinan was entrusted by Sultan Selim II to rebuild the destroyed parts, which he did, expanding them, as well as the Harem, baths, the Privy Chamber and various shoreline pavilions.

In 1994, Mernissi published a memoir, Dreams of Trespass: Tales of a Harem Girlhood ( in the US, the book was originally titled The Harem Within: Tales of a Moroccan Girlhood, and is still known by that title in the UK ).

* Harem ( album ), a 2003 album by singer Sarah Brightman

* The Imperial Harem by Leslie Pierce

These women, who came to be known as " Pickering's Harem " by the scientific community, made several important discoveries at HCO.

Harem,, broadly speaking, is a loose subgenre of anime and manga characterized by a protagonist ( or several protagonists ) surrounded, usually amorously, by three or more members of the opposing sex and / or love interests.

It was ruled by the Valide Sultan ( also known as the Baş Kadın, or " Chief Lady "), mother of the reigning sultan, who held supreme power over the Harem and thus a powerful position in the court.

Releases from this later period included the Scientists " Swampland " ( which was actually the b-side of the single, with the a-side being " This Is My Happy Hour ") and God's " My Pal ", one of the label's most popular releases, as well as titles by Ollie Olsen's band NO, Harem Scarem, various compilations such as the Asleep At The Wheel collection of ( mostly unsigned ) Melbourne bands, and the well-received Hard To Beat, a double album tribute to the Stooges, featuring many Australian acts.

Hajj and Lalume are discussing a trip to a " small oasis, a week's travel by camel " when Marsinah enters the Harem.

The best-known songs include " Only One Touch of Vienna ," " Sigh by Night ," " The Cab Song ," and " When I Auditioned for the Harem of the Shah ".

* Rubber, a name adopted by the band Harem Scarem from 1999 – 2001

* ( عصر الحریم-یحکی مذکرات المرأة المصریة فی الفترة ما بین ( 1880 – 1924-Translated to English by Margot Badran as Harem Years: The Memoirs of an Egyptian Feminist.