“The more I thought about it, the more it made sense. Women are profoundly entwined with ghosts and ghost stories. There are several notions in Western culture that connect the intrinsically "female" with death. Of course, the very notion of gender is culturally constructed, just as ghosts are culturally constructed. Edith Wharton once asked, "What in the world constitutes a ghost except the fact of its being known for one." Ghosts and gender both require naming and performing, and are not at all uncomplicated, innate, or inherent things. Part of this constructed identity has to do with the cultural roles of women in the United States in the last two centuries.” WomenGenderGhosts Book:A Haunted History of Invisible Women: True Stories of America's Ghosts Source: A Haunted History of Invisible Women: True Stories of America's Ghosts
“By understanding our ghosts, we may better understand ourselves, both past and present, and how female-identifying individuals are represented in the (margins of) historical record.” WomenGenderGhosts Book:A Haunted History of Invisible Women: True Stories of America's Ghosts Source: A Haunted History of Invisible Women: True Stories of America's Ghosts
