Word: scotts
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...Joan W. Scott, a social scientist at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, discussed the development of women's history as a field and the importance of integrating women into the study of history as a whole...
Although history should be an impartial and objective study, it is not, Scott said. "History is not a universal figure--it is not telling the whole story...
Historians have traditionally ignored women and their viewpoints, Scott said, adding that this perspective leads to biased research...
...Scott said she urged people to ask themselves, "What is the relation of the historian to the subjects [he or she] writes about...
Women's history, Scott said, questions "the priority of his story over her story...