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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Agent 355: Washington's Mostly Mythical Spy (ep...
20 min
177
Aphra Behn: A Royalist Spy (ep. 8.2)
20 min
178
Spies in the Pre-Modern World (ep. 8.1)
21 min
179
The 20th Century Housewife and Beyond (ep. 7.11)
28 min
180
Industrialization Hits the Housewife (ep. 7.10)
27 min
181
The Pre-Industrial Housewife (ep. 7.9)
18 min
182
Some Like It Cold: A History of Your Fridge (ep...
22 min
183
Some Like It Hot: A History of Cooking (ep. 7.7)
25 min
184
Waste Not: A History of Your Trash (ep. 7.6)
22 min
185
To Market, To Market: A History of Shopping (ep...
24 min
186
Next to Godliness: A History of Housecleaning (...
22 min
187
Let There Be Light: A History of Flipping the S...
19 min
188
Stitch in Time: A History of Clothing the Famil...
26 min
189
Wash on Monday: A History of Your Laundry (ep 7.1)
24 min
190
Wrapping Up the Ground-Breaking Novelists (ep 6...
14 min
191
Zora Neale Hurston Celebrates Her Heritage (ep ...
23 min
192
Agatha Christie, the Queen of Crime (Part 2) (e...
21 min
193
Agatha Christie, the Queen of Crime (Part 1) (e...
19 min
194
Selma Lagerlöf Wins the Nobel (ep 6.8)
20 min
195
Frances Hodgson Burnett Fights for Copyright (e...
21 min
196
Harriet Beecher Stowe Starts a War (ep 6.6)
24 min
197
Mary Shelley and the Monster (ep 6.5)
27 min
198
Jane Austen's History of England (ep 6.4)
23 min
199
Jane Austen and the Real Woman (ep 6.3)
26 min
200
Murasaki Shikibu and the World's First (Great) ...
18 min