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
151
Two Queens and Your Christmas Tree
18 min
152
Ethel Rosenberg: Supposedly a Spy (ep. 8.12)
25 min
153
Noor Inayat Khan: A Spy for Britain (ep. 8.11)
24 min
154
Lise de Baissac: A Spy in France (ep. 8.10)
19 min
155
Zheng Pingru: A Spy for China (ep. 8.9)
20 min
156
Mata Hari: A World War I Spy (ep. 8.8)
28 min
157
Elizabeth Van Lew: A Union Spy (part 2) (ep. 8.7)
22 min
158
Elizabeth Van Lew: A Union Spy (part 1) (ep. 8.6)
23 min
159
Harriet Tubman: Freedom's Spy (rebroadcast) (ep...
24 min
160
Policarpa Salavarrieta: A Spy for Colombia (ep....
16 min
161
Agent 355: Washington's Mostly Mythical Spy (ep...
20 min
162
Aphra Behn: A Royalist Spy (ep. 8.2)
20 min
163
Spies in the Pre-Modern World (ep. 8.1)
21 min
164
The 20th Century Housewife and Beyond (ep. 7.11)
28 min
165
Industrialization Hits the Housewife (ep. 7.10)
27 min
166
The Pre-Industrial Housewife (ep. 7.9)
18 min
167
Some Like It Cold: A History of Your Fridge (ep...
22 min
168
Some Like It Hot: A History of Cooking (ep. 7.7)
25 min
169
Waste Not: A History of Your Trash (ep. 7.6)
22 min
170
To Market, To Market: A History of Shopping (ep...
24 min
171
Next to Godliness: A History of Housecleaning (...
22 min
172
Let There Be Light: A History of Flipping the S...
19 min
173
Stitch in Time: A History of Clothing the Famil...
26 min
174
Wash on Monday: A History of Your Laundry (ep 7.1)
24 min
175
Wrapping Up the Ground-Breaking Novelists (ep 6...
14 min