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In 1976, feminist historian Laurel Thatcher Ulrich coined the popular phrase "well-behaved women seldom make history". Is there any truth to this idiom; or, like "history is written by the victors", is it a more misleading and generalized claim that is common in pop culture?

by /u/Obversa in /r/AskHistorians

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