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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Cosmetics in the Pre-Modern World (ep. 13.8)
19 min
77
A Bad Hair Day in Ancient Rome (ep. 13.7)
11 min
78
The History of Hair (ep. 13.6)
17 min
79
The Quest for a Hairless Body (ep. 13.5)
16 min
80
Chinese Footbinding (ep. 13.4)
20 min
81
To Boost or to Bind: A History of the Bust (ep....
21 min
82
The Corset (ep. 13.2)
22 min
83
The Ideal Body Shape, Historically Speaking (ep...
22 min
84
Mayans, Aztecs, and Chocolate by Pamela Toler
11 min
85
Peggy Shippen Arnold by 2 Complicated 4 History
62 min
86
Ain't I a Woman? by Sojourner Truth
7 min
87
Alexandra Feodorovna, Last Empress of Russia (e...
23 min
88
Yaa Asantewaa, Last Queen of the Asante (Ghana)...
17 min
89
Lili'uokalani, Last Queen of Hawaii (ep. 12.13)
23 min
90
Lakshmibai, Last Rani of Jhansi (ep. 12.12)
24 min
91
Marie Antoinette, the Bitter End (ep. 12.11)
23 min
92
Marie Antoinette, the Unfortunate Queen (ep. 12...
22 min
93
Marie Antoinette, the Luckiest Princess (ep. 12.9)
22 min
94
Zainatuddin Kamalat Syah, Last Queen of Aceh (I...
17 min
95
Arwa al-Sulayhi, Last Queen of the Sulayhids (Y...
16 min
96
Xiuhtlaltzin, Last Queen of the Toltec (Mexico)...
17 min
97
Jinseong, Last Queen of Silla (Korea) (ep. 12.5)
16 min
98
Zenobia, Last Empress of Palmyra (Syria) (ep. 1...
21 min
99
Boudica, Last Queen of the Iceni (ep. 12.3)
22 min
100
Cleopatra, Last Pharaoh of Egypt (rebroadcast) ...
28 min