Natalie Haynes & Bettany Hughes Reclaiming the Women of the Ancient World (quote at 3:19 of 1:00:33 in video)
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[E]ven though, like it or not, women occupy fifty percent of the human story genetically — I as a historian — I noticed that we only occupy about naught point five percent of official, written record in human history. But, my God, we are there.
— Bettany Hughes
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About Bettany Hughes
Bettany Mary Hughes OBE (born May 1967 in Oxford, UK) is an English classicist, historian, author, and television broadcaster.
About Bettany Hughes
Bettany Mary Hughes OBE (born May 1967 in Oxford, UK) is an English classicist, historian, author, and television broadcaster.
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