num_pages: 400
description: Shows how the figure of Mary has shaped and been shaped by changing social and historical circumstances and why for all their beauty and power,the legends of Mary have condemned real women to perpetual inferiority.
language: English
title: Alone of All Her Sex: The Myth and the Cult of the Virgin Mary
titlecomplete: Alone of All Her Sex: The Myth and the Cult of the Virgin Mary
genres: History, Feminism, Mythology, Womens, Christianity, Religion, Philosophy, Spirituality, Nonfiction, Art
ratings_count: 449
publisher: Vintage