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
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Hrotsvit of Gandersheim, First Female Playwrigh...
10 min
27
Murasaki Shikibu, First (Great) Novelist (ep. 1...
19 min
28
Why We Will Always Need Women's History Month
9 min
29
Gudrid Thorbjarnardottir, First European Woman ...
19 min
30
Fu Hao, First Female Military Leader (ep. 16.3)
14 min
31
Enheduanna, First Named Author (ep. 16.2)
19 min
32
Neithhotep, First Named Woman in History (ep. 1...
14 min
33
Childbirth, Literacy, Sources, the State of the...
29 min
34
Woman the Gatherer (and Also the Hunter)
14 min
35
Got Questions? (and the voters' choice for Seri...
2 min
36
The Mothers of Invention (ep. 15.18)
23 min
37
The Sewing Machine (ep. 15.17)
18 min
38
100 Years of Santa's Letters
21 min
39
Some Like It Cold: A History of Your Fridge (ep...
22 min
40
Period Products (ep. 15.15)
18 min
41
The Car and the Woman (ep. 15.14)
19 min
42
November Giving Poll (plus send me your questio...
3 min
43
The Disposable Diaper (ep. 15.13)
20 min
44
Let There Be Light: A History of Flipping the S...
19 min
45
Aqua Tofana (or how to poison your husband) (ep...
23 min
46
The Pill (ep. 15.10)
22 min
47
Birth Control Before the Pill (ep. 15.9)
24 min
48
Canned: A History of Bottling Food (ep. 15.8)
22 min
49
To Fetch a Pail of Water (a history of women ca...
22 min
50
Vaccines and Surviving Childhood (ep. 15.6)
20 min