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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To Market, To Market: A History of Shopping (ep...
24 min
177
Next to Godliness: A History of Housecleaning (...
22 min
178
Let There Be Light: A History of Flipping the S...
19 min
179
Stitch in Time: A History of Clothing the Famil...
26 min
180
Wash on Monday: A History of Your Laundry (ep 7.1)
24 min
181
Wrapping Up the Ground-Breaking Novelists (ep 6...
14 min
182
Zora Neale Hurston Celebrates Her Heritage (ep ...
23 min
183
Agatha Christie, the Queen of Crime (Part 2) (e...
21 min
184
Agatha Christie, the Queen of Crime (Part 1) (e...
19 min
185
Selma Lagerlöf Wins the Nobel (ep 6.8)
20 min
186
Frances Hodgson Burnett Fights for Copyright (e...
21 min
187
Harriet Beecher Stowe Starts a War (ep 6.6)
24 min
188
Mary Shelley and the Monster (ep 6.5)
27 min
189
Jane Austen's History of England (ep 6.4)
23 min
190
Jane Austen and the Real Woman (ep 6.3)
26 min
191
Murasaki Shikibu and the World's First (Great) ...
18 min
192
Women and the Written Word (ep 6.1)
18 min
193
The Historical Mary: A Girl from Galilee (ep 5.2)
24 min
194
The Historical Mary: Setting the Scene (ep 5.1)
22 min
195
Harriet Tubman: Slave to Liberator (ep 4.10)
24 min
196
Elizabeth Keckly: Slave to Entrepreneur (ep 4.9)
28 min
197
Ellen Craft: A First Class Escape (ep 4.8)
20 min
198
Harriet Hemings: Slave-Daughter of the Presiden...
25 min
199
Elizabeth Freeman: Suing for Freedom (ep 4.6)
18 min
200
Rosa Egipcíaca: A Slave in Brazil (ep 4.5)
15 min