Review:
Conundrum
by Jan Morris and The Descent of Woman by Elaine Morgan
From Planet 238

Planet 234 The Welsh Internationalist

Sara Huws revisits
Conundrum
by Jan Morris and The Descent of Woman by Elaine Morgan

by Jan Morris

I’m going to start this like Jan Morris starts her 2018 edition of Conundrum, with a caveat. Writing about bodies, especially women’s bodies, is time-sensitive. Terms will change, experts will opine, attitudes will change. I’m writing this as a woman with a body, and can claim no further expertise than that.

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About the author

Sara Huws is a public historian, broadcaster and co-founder of the East End Women’s Museum - London’s first museum dedicated to the histories of women and girls. She presents Waliau’n Siarad on S4C and works to promote the collections of Cardiff University Libraries and Archives to audiences outside academia.