A woman holds up a sign along Constitution Avenue on International Womens Day in Washington on ... [+] Monday, March 8, 2021. Though I have seen my share of crystal-laden rose-colored “women’s models.”What’s more interesting to me on this International Women’s Day 2021, is the role pens have played in our literacy—whatever their looks or color. In the Middle Ages, very few people could read or write. In the later Middle Ages, only about 1% of women were literate, according to Spartacus-educational.com. Heloise of Paraclete ,who lived in a convent during the Middle Ages, was temporarily separated from her husband and made a good case for female literacy: “We need never lack the pleasures of conversation...

Source: Forbes March 08, 2021 23:15 UTC