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A Woman to Know: Ban Zhao

A Woman to Know: Ban Zhao

I, the unworthy writer, am unsophisticated, unenlightened, and by nature unintelligent. — Ban Zhao

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I, the unworthy writer, am unsophisticated, unenlightened, and by nature unintelligent. — Ban Zhao

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In first century China, Ban Zhao worked as a historian, writer, mathematician, astronomer and teacher — all unusual occupations for a woman at the time. But as the sister of an imperial historian, Ban Zhao got away with a lot. S…

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