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
Fu Hao, First Female Military Leader (ep. 16.3)
14 min
2
Enheduanna, First Named Author (ep. 16.2)
19 min
3
Neithhotep, First Named Woman in History (ep. 1...
14 min
4
Childbirth, Literacy, Sources, the State of the...
29 min
5
Woman the Gatherer (and Also the Hunter)
14 min
6
Got Questions? (and the voters' choice for Seri...
2 min
7
The Mothers of Invention (ep. 15.18)
23 min
8
The Sewing Machine (ep. 15.17)
18 min
9
100 Years of Santa's Letters
21 min
10
Some Like It Cold: A History of Your Fridge (ep...
22 min
11
Period Products (ep. 15.15)
18 min
12
The Car and the Woman (ep. 15.14)
19 min
13
November Giving Poll (plus send me your questio...
3 min
14
The Disposable Diaper (ep. 15.13)
20 min
15
Let There Be Light: A History of Flipping the S...
19 min
16
Aqua Tofana (or how to poison your husband) (ep...
23 min
17
The Pill (ep. 15.10)
22 min
18
Birth Control Before the Pill (ep. 15.9)
24 min
19
Canned: A History of Bottling Food (ep. 15.8)
22 min
20
To Fetch a Pail of Water (a history of women ca...
22 min
21
Vaccines and Surviving Childhood (ep. 15.6)
20 min
22
"Superfluous" Women and the Typewriter (ep. 15.5)
18 min
23
The Spindle, the Spinning Wheel, and the Spinni...
21 min
24
Doctors, Washed Hands, and Death in Childbirth ...
21 min
25
The Bicycle and “Free Untrammeled Womanhood” (e...
22 min