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How true is the allegation that I keep encountering that roughly twice as many women as men have reproduced throughout history?

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Did Victorian match factory owners know about "phossy jaw" being a consequence of working there, and deliberately deceive potential workers about the safety of the job? Or was it a case where the danger was widely known, but people went to work there anyway out of financial desperation?

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Is there a book out there that analyzes Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia Regum Britanniae and attempts to sort out fact (even if garbled) from fiction? Or at least tries to figure out where he got all of that from?

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I am a citizen of classical Athens watching a performance of the new play, Lysistrata. How do my reactions, interpretation, and humor derived differ from those of a 21st century Westerner watching a modern performance of this play?

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Do historians more generally tend to believe that Mary Stuart was, or was not, involved in Henry, Lord Darnley's, murder, and what are the strongest arguments for "was" and "was not"?

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When did it become acceptable in the Western world for women to appear on stage, without their reputations being damaged as a result?

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What exactly do we know about the "Aurelian Moors" of the Roman military?

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When and why did the practice of burying people with a variety of grave goods fall out of fashion?

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How many women are estimated to have disguised themselves as men in order to enlist during the US Civil War?

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How are Mary Renault's historical novels viewed by modern historians in terms of accuracy?

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How true is the allegation that I keep encountering that roughly twice as many women as men have reproduced throughout history?	19	AskHistorians
Did Victorian match factory owners know about "phossy jaw" being a consequence of working there, and deliberately deceive potential workers about the safety of the job? Or was it a case where the danger was widely known, but people went to work there anyway out of financial desperation?	18	AskHistorians
Is there a book out there that analyzes Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia Regum Britanniae and attempts to sort out fact (even if garbled) from fiction? Or at least tries to figure out where he got all of that from?	17	AskHistorians
I am a citizen of classical Athens watching a performance of the new play, Lysistrata. How do my reactions, interpretation, and humor derived differ from those of a 21st century Westerner watching a modern performance of this play?	12	AskHistorians
Do historians more generally tend to believe that Mary Stuart was, or was not, involved in Henry, Lord Darnley's, murder, and what are the strongest arguments for "was" and "was not"?	5	AskHistorians
When did it become acceptable in the Western world for women to appear on stage, without their reputations being damaged as a result?	3	AskHistorians
What exactly do we know about the "Aurelian Moors" of the Roman military?	3	AskHistorians
When and why did the practice of burying people with a variety of grave goods fall out of fashion?	3	AskHistorians
How many women are estimated to have disguised themselves as men in order to enlist during the US Civil War?	3	AskHistorians
How are Mary Renault's historical novels viewed by modern historians in terms of accuracy?	3	AskHistorians