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World Service,25 Apr 1997,28 mins

Egyptian Women: The First Feminists?

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Ancient Egyptian women had legal and economic rights equal to those of men, and an equal right to rule. Also on the programme: Will intelligent technology such as self-cooking food transform domestic life in the future, and three would-be MPs talk about why it's important to get Asian women into the British Parliament.

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