Her Half of History

Women's history doesn't have be boring or depressing. I tell the stories of extraordinary women in history, including queens, slaves, spies, scientists, artists, wives, mothers, and more. But most women didn't leave us enough material for a biography, so I also tell you what it was like to be an ordinary woman, including what they wore, how they did housework, how they worked, and how they played.

In short, what were the women doing all that time while men were writing the standard history books? This podcast will tell you what those history books forgot to mention.

Education
History
1
Marie Curie, First Woman to Win a Nobel Prize (...
24 min
2
On This Day in 1643: Anne of Austria Takes France
4 min
3
Madam CJ Walker, First Female Self-Made Million...
24 min
4
Ada Lovelace, First Computer Programmer (ep. 16...
23 min
5
Caroline Herschel, First Female Professional Sc...
22 min
6
Jeanne Baret, First Woman to Circumnavigate the...
28 min
7
Anne Marshall and Margaret Hughes, First Women ...
20 min
8
Remember the Ladies Says Abigail Adams
12 min
9
Elena Cornaro Piscopia, First Woman with a Univ...
17 min
10
Annie Londonderry, First Woman to Cycle Round t...
16 min
11
Elisabeth Thible, First Woman to Take Flight (e...
14 min
12
Pamphile of Epidaurus, One of the First Female ...
8 min
13
Anna Komnene, One of the First Female Historian...
25 min
14
Hrotsvit of Gandersheim, First Female Playwrigh...
10 min
15
Murasaki Shikibu, First (Great) Novelist (ep. 1...
19 min
16
Why We Will Always Need Women's History Month
9 min
17
Gudrid Thorbjarnardottir, First European Woman ...
19 min
18
Fu Hao, First Female Military Leader (ep. 16.3)
14 min
19
Enheduanna, First Named Author (ep. 16.2)
19 min
20
Neithhotep, First Named Woman in History (ep. 1...
14 min
21
Childbirth, Literacy, Sources, the State of the...
29 min
22
Woman the Gatherer (and Also the Hunter)
14 min
23
Got Questions? (and the voters' choice for Seri...
2 min
24
The Mothers of Invention (ep. 15.18)
23 min
25
The Sewing Machine (ep. 15.17)
18 min