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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Harriet Tubman: Freedom's Spy (rebroadcast) (ep...
24 min
152
Policarpa Salavarrieta: A Spy for Colombia (ep....
16 min
153
Agent 355: Washington's Mostly Mythical Spy (ep...
20 min
154
Aphra Behn: A Royalist Spy (ep. 8.2)
20 min
155
Spies in the Pre-Modern World (ep. 8.1)
21 min
156
The 20th Century Housewife and Beyond (ep. 7.11)
28 min
157
Industrialization Hits the Housewife (ep. 7.10)
27 min
158
The Pre-Industrial Housewife (ep. 7.9)
18 min
159
Some Like It Cold: A History of Your Fridge (ep...
22 min
160
Some Like It Hot: A History of Cooking (ep. 7.7)
25 min
161
Waste Not: A History of Your Trash (ep. 7.6)
22 min
162
To Market, To Market: A History of Shopping (ep...
24 min
163
Next to Godliness: A History of Housecleaning (...
22 min
164
Let There Be Light: A History of Flipping the S...
19 min
165
Stitch in Time: A History of Clothing the Famil...
26 min
166
Wash on Monday: A History of Your Laundry (ep 7.1)
24 min
167
Wrapping Up the Ground-Breaking Novelists (ep 6...
14 min
168
Zora Neale Hurston Celebrates Her Heritage (ep ...
23 min
169
Agatha Christie, the Queen of Crime (Part 2) (e...
21 min
170
Agatha Christie, the Queen of Crime (Part 1) (e...
19 min
171
Selma Lagerlöf Wins the Nobel (ep 6.8)
20 min
172
Frances Hodgson Burnett Fights for Copyright (e...
21 min
173
Harriet Beecher Stowe Starts a War (ep 6.6)
24 min
174
Mary Shelley and the Monster (ep 6.5)
27 min
175
Jane Austen's History of England (ep 6.4)
23 min