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
Ada Lovelace, First Computer Programmer (ep. 16...
23 min
2
Caroline Herschel, First Female Professional Sc...
22 min
3
Jeanne Baret, First Woman to Circumnavigate the...
28 min
4
Anne Marshall and Margaret Hughes, First Women ...
20 min
5
Remember the Ladies Says Abigail Adams
12 min
6
Elena Cornaro Piscopia, First Woman with a Univ...
17 min
7
Annie Londonderry, First Woman to Cycle Round t...
16 min
8
Elisabeth Thible, First Woman to Take Flight (e...
14 min
9
Pamphile of Epidaurus, One of the First Female ...
8 min
10
Anna Komnene, One of the First Female Historian...
25 min
11
Hrotsvit of Gandersheim, First Female Playwrigh...
10 min
12
Murasaki Shikibu, First (Great) Novelist (ep. 1...
19 min
13
Why We Will Always Need Women's History Month
9 min
14
Gudrid Thorbjarnardottir, First European Woman ...
19 min
15
Fu Hao, First Female Military Leader (ep. 16.3)
14 min
16
Enheduanna, First Named Author (ep. 16.2)
19 min
17
Neithhotep, First Named Woman in History (ep. 1...
14 min
18
Childbirth, Literacy, Sources, the State of the...
29 min
19
Woman the Gatherer (and Also the Hunter)
14 min
20
Got Questions? (and the voters' choice for Seri...
2 min
21
The Mothers of Invention (ep. 15.18)
23 min
22
The Sewing Machine (ep. 15.17)
18 min
23
100 Years of Santa's Letters
21 min
24
Some Like It Cold: A History of Your Fridge (ep...
22 min
25
Period Products (ep. 15.15)
18 min