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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Why Beauty Mattered (and has anything changed?)...
21 min
77
Losing a Breast to Gain a Life (ep. 13.13)
21 min
78
In the Eye of the Beholder (ep. 13.12)
19 min
79
The Witch's Mark (ep. 13.11)
21 min
80
Body Art: Tattoos and Henna (ep. 13.10)
20 min
81
Cosmetics in the Modern World (ep. 13.9)
17 min
82
Cosmetics in the Pre-Modern World (ep. 13.8)
19 min
83
A Bad Hair Day in Ancient Rome (ep. 13.7)
11 min
84
The History of Hair (ep. 13.6)
17 min
85
The Quest for a Hairless Body (ep. 13.5)
16 min
86
Chinese Footbinding (ep. 13.4)
20 min
87
To Boost or to Bind: A History of the Bust (ep....
21 min
88
The Corset (ep. 13.2)
22 min
89
The Ideal Body Shape, Historically Speaking (ep...
22 min
90
Mayans, Aztecs, and Chocolate by Pamela Toler
11 min
91
Peggy Shippen Arnold by 2 Complicated 4 History
62 min
92
Ain't I a Woman? by Sojourner Truth
7 min
93
Alexandra Feodorovna, Last Empress of Russia (e...
23 min
94
Yaa Asantewaa, Last Queen of the Asante (Ghana)...
17 min
95
Lili'uokalani, Last Queen of Hawaii (ep. 12.13)
23 min
96
Lakshmibai, Last Rani of Jhansi (ep. 12.12)
24 min
97
Marie Antoinette, the Bitter End (ep. 12.11)
23 min
98
Marie Antoinette, the Unfortunate Queen (ep. 12...
22 min
99
Marie Antoinette, the Luckiest Princess (ep. 12.9)
22 min
100
Zainatuddin Kamalat Syah, Last Queen of Aceh (I...
17 min