Mother Tongue - Jenni Nuttall | Maiden Mother Matriarch 24

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.louiseperry.co.ukDr Jenni Nuttall is a lecturer in English at Exeter College, Oxford and author of the most recent book Mother Tongue: the history of women’s words. On the podcast we discussed the way in which women’s social history can be seen through language; some of the words like gossip, spinsters and testicles; and why Jenni believes that whilst women have made sl… Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.