Answer: Feminist historiography means restructuring history from the perspective of women.
- The writings of the French writer Simone de Beauvoir helped establish the fundamentals of feminism.
- Feminist historiography emphasised not only the inclusion of women in history but also rethinking the male-dominated perspective of history.
- It drove historical research to focus on aspects of women’s life such as their employment, role in trade unions, institutions working for their cause and family life.
- In historical writings after 1990, women were portrayed as an independent social class.