Her Half of History

Why don't women's clothes have more pockets? Who are the female writers and artists my education forgot to include? How does a woman go about seizing control of her government? What was it like to be a female slave and how did the lucky ones escape? When did women get to put their own name on their credit cards? Is the life of a female spy as glamorous as Hollywood has led me to believe?

In short, what were the women doing all that time? I explore these and other questions in this thematic approach to women's history.

History
Education
1
"Superfluous" Women and the Typewriter (ep. 15.5)
18 min
2
The Spindle, the Spinning Wheel, and the Spinni...
21 min
3
Doctors, Washed Hands, and Death in Childbirth ...
21 min
4
The Bicycle and “Free Untrammeled Womanhood” (e...
22 min
5
Agriculture: Was It a Bad Idea? (ep. 15.1)
24 min
6
July 3, 1776, John Adams to Abigail Adams (bonu...
10 min
7
The Topic of Series 15 Will Be ...
3 min
8
Coretta Scott King, Wife of Martin Luther King,...
23 min
9
Jiang Qing, Wife of Chairman Mao (ep. 14.20)
22 min
10
Zelda Fitzgerald, Wife of F. Scott Fitzgerald (...
23 min
11
Frances Perkins, Secretary of Labor for FDR (ep...
24 min
12
Marion Mahony, Architect for Frank Lloyd Wright...
17 min
13
Mileva Marić, Einstein's First Wife (ep. 14.16)
21 min
14
Kasturba Gandhi, Wife of Mahatma Gandhi (ep. 14...
22 min
15
Clara Schumann, Wife of Robert Schumann (ep. 14...
21 min
16
Katharine Wright, Sister of Wilbur and Orville ...
19 min
17
And the winner is ... (plus announcements)
1 min
18
Jo van Gogh-Bonger, Vincent's Sister-in-Law (pa...
18 min
19
Jo van Gogh-Bonger, Vincent's Sister-in-Law (pa...
16 min
20
Bertha von Suttner, Friend of Alfred Nobel (ep....
22 min
21
Why Women's History Still Matters
8 min
22
Nadezhda von Meck, Tchaikovsky's Best Friend (e...
23 min
23
Nannerl Mozart, Sister of Wolfgang Amadeus (ep....
20 min
24
Deborah Read, Wife of Benjamin Franklin (ep. 14.7)
21 min
25
Jane, Anne, Catherine, and Catherine: The Last ...
17 min