the idea that women should have ambitions outside their families is pretty new so far as I know.
That all women should have ambitions outside of Kinder, Küche, Kirche (children, kitchen, church) might be a new idea, but for women belonging to elites it was acceptable for a long time—ruling queens are certainly not unknown in antiquity: Cleopatra, Boadicea, etc.
That all women should have ambitions outside of Kinder, Küche, Kirche (children, kitchen, church) might be a new idea, but for women belonging to elites it was acceptable for a long time—ruling queens are certainly not unknown in antiquity: Cleopatra, Boadicea, etc.
Yes, I meant the idea that all women should have ambitions outside the home.
I’m not sure that ruling queens became such because of their ambition, or if they inherited the job.