‘Big books by blokes about battles’: Why is history still written mainly by men? | Books | The Guardian
▻http://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/feb/06/books-blokes-battles-history-written-by-men
Only four female writers appeared in the list of top 50 bestselling history titles in the UK last year. And women are still perceived as more suited to writing about drawing rooms than battlefields. Why? Leading historians and biographers discuss sexism and subject matter