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Her Half of History — 241 episodes
The Topic of Series 17 Will Be ...
Aretha Franklin, First Woman in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame (ep. 16.24)
Wilma Mankiller, First Woman Chief of the Cherokee Nation (ep. 16.23)
Junko Tabei, First Woman to Climb Everest (ep. 16.22)
On This Day in 1967: Two Women, Two Grizzlies, and Changes in Wildlife Policies
Valentina Tereshkova, First Woman in Space (ep. 16.21)
Sirimavo Bandaranaike, First Woman Elected as Head of Government (ep. 16.20)
Regina Jonas, First Woman Rabbi (ep. 16.19)
On This Day in 1918: The Romanovs Awake for the Last Time
Amelia Earhart, First Woman to Fly Over Oceans (ep. 16.18)
America the Beautiful and Katharine Lee Bates
Frances Perkins, First Woman in the US Cabinet (ep. 16.17)
Nancy Astor, First Woman in Parliament (ep. 16.16)
On This Day in 1509: Catherine of Aragon Marries Henry VIII
Jeannette Rankin, First Woman in Congress (ep. 16.15)
Olympic Champions: The First Women (ep. 16.14)
Marie Curie, First Woman to Win a Nobel Prize (ep. 16.13)
On This Day in 1643: Anne of Austria Takes France
Madam CJ Walker, First Female Self-Made Millionaire (ep. 16.12)
Ada Lovelace, First Computer Programmer (ep. 16.11)
Caroline Herschel, First Female Professional Scientist (ep. 16.10)
Jeanne Baret, First Woman to Circumnavigate the Globe (ep. 16.9)
Anne Marshall and Margaret Hughes, First Women on the English Stage (ep. 16.8)
Remember the Ladies Says Abigail Adams
Elena Cornaro Piscopia, First Woman with a University Degree (ep. 16.7)
Annie Londonderry, First Woman to Cycle Round the World (ep. 16.f)
Elisabeth Thible, First Woman to Take Flight (ep. 16.e)
Pamphile of Epidaurus, One of the First Female Historians (ep. 16.d)
Anna Komnene, One of the First Female Historians (ep. 16.6)
Hrotsvit of Gandersheim, First Female Playwright (ep. 16.c)
Murasaki Shikibu, First (Great) Novelist (ep. 16.5)
Why We Will Always Need Women's History Month
Gudrid Thorbjarnardottir, First European Woman in the Americas (ep. 16.4)
Fu Hao, First Female Military Leader (ep. 16.3)
Enheduanna, First Named Author (ep. 16.2)
Neithhotep, First Named Woman in History (ep. 16.1)
Childbirth, Literacy, Sources, the State of the World, and Other Listener Questions
Woman the Gatherer (and Also the Hunter)
Got Questions? (and the voters' choice for Series 16)
The Mothers of Invention (ep. 15.18)
The Sewing Machine (ep. 15.17)
100 Years of Santa's Letters
Some Like It Cold: A History of Your Fridge (ep. 15.16, rebroadcast)
Period Products (ep. 15.15)
The Car and the Woman (ep. 15.14)
November Giving Poll (plus send me your questions!)
The Disposable Diaper (ep. 15.13)
Let There Be Light: A History of Flipping the Switch (ep. 15.12) (rebroadcast)
Aqua Tofana (or how to poison your husband) (ep. 15.11)
The Pill (ep. 15.10)
Birth Control Before the Pill (ep. 15.9)
Canned: A History of Bottling Food (ep. 15.8)
To Fetch a Pail of Water (a history of women carrying it) (ep. 15.7)
Vaccines and Surviving Childhood (ep. 15.6)
"Superfluous" Women and the Typewriter (ep. 15.5)
The Spindle, the Spinning Wheel, and the Spinning Jenny (ep. 15.4)
Doctors, Washed Hands, and Death in Childbirth (ep. 15.3)
The Bicycle and “Free Untrammeled Womanhood” (ep. 15.2)
Agriculture: Was It a Bad Idea? (ep. 15.1)
July 3, 1776, John Adams to Abigail Adams (bonus episode)
The Topic of Series 15 Will Be ...
Coretta Scott King, Wife of Martin Luther King, Jr (ep. 14.21)
Jiang Qing, Wife of Chairman Mao (ep. 14.20)
Zelda Fitzgerald, Wife of F. Scott Fitzgerald (ep. 14.19)
Frances Perkins, Secretary of Labor for FDR (ep. 14.18)
Marion Mahony, Architect for Frank Lloyd Wright (ep. 14.17)
Mileva Marić, Einstein's First Wife (ep. 14.16)
Kasturba Gandhi, Wife of Mahatma Gandhi (ep. 14.15)
Clara Schumann, Wife of Robert Schumann (ep. 14.14)
Katharine Wright, Sister of Wilbur and Orville Wright (ep. 14.13)
And the winner is ... (plus announcements)
Jo van Gogh-Bonger, Vincent's Sister-in-Law (part 2) (ep. 14.12)
Jo van Gogh-Bonger, Vincent's Sister-in-Law (part 1) (ep. 14.11)
Bertha von Suttner, Friend of Alfred Nobel (ep. 14.10)
Why Women's History Still Matters
Nadezhda von Meck, Tchaikovsky's Best Friend (ep. 14.9)
Nannerl Mozart, Sister of Wolfgang Amadeus (ep. 14.8)
Deborah Read, Wife of Benjamin Franklin (ep. 14.7)
Jane, Anne, Catherine, and Catherine: The Last Four Wives of Henry VIII (ep. 14.6)
Catherine and Anne: The First Two Wives of Henry VIII (ep. 14.5)
Isabella I, Sponsor of Columbus (ep. 14.4)
The Daughters of Genghis Khan (ep. 14.3)
Olympias, Mother of Alexander the Great (ep. 14.2)
Helena, Mother of Constantine the Great (ep. 14.1)
Mrs. Santa Claus
Laundry: An Interview with the History Fix Podcast
Announcement on Series 14
Women Who Got Elected (bonus)
Why Beauty Mattered (and has anything changed?) (ep. 13.14)
Losing a Breast to Gain a Life (ep. 13.13)
In the Eye of the Beholder (ep. 13.12)
The Witch's Mark (ep. 13.11)
Body Art: Tattoos and Henna (ep. 13.10)
Cosmetics in the Modern World (ep. 13.9)
Cosmetics in the Pre-Modern World (ep. 13.8)
A Bad Hair Day in Ancient Rome (ep. 13.7)
The History of Hair (ep. 13.6)
The Quest for a Hairless Body (ep. 13.5)
Chinese Footbinding (ep. 13.4)
To Boost or to Bind: A History of the Bust (ep. 13.3)
The Corset (ep. 13.2)
The Ideal Body Shape, Historically Speaking (ep. 13.1)
Mayans, Aztecs, and Chocolate by Pamela Toler
Peggy Shippen Arnold by 2 Complicated 4 History
Ain't I a Woman? by Sojourner Truth
Alexandra Feodorovna, Last Empress of Russia (ep. 12.15)
Yaa Asantewaa, Last Queen of the Asante (Ghana) (ep. 12.14)
Lili'uokalani, Last Queen of Hawaii (ep. 12.13)
Lakshmibai, Last Rani of Jhansi (ep. 12.12)
Marie Antoinette, the Bitter End (ep. 12.11)
Marie Antoinette, the Unfortunate Queen (ep. 12.10)
Marie Antoinette, the Luckiest Princess (ep. 12.9)
Zainatuddin Kamalat Syah, Last Queen of Aceh (Indonesia) (ep. 12.8)
Arwa al-Sulayhi, Last Queen of the Sulayhids (Yemen) (ep. 12.7)
Xiuhtlaltzin, Last Queen of the Toltec (Mexico) (ep. 12.6)
Jinseong, Last Queen of Silla (Korea) (ep. 12.5)
Zenobia, Last Empress of Palmyra (Syria) (ep. 12.4)
Boudica, Last Queen of the Iceni (ep. 12.3)
Cleopatra, Last Pharaoh of Egypt (rebroadcast) (ep. 12.2)
Salome Alexandra, Last Queen of Judea (ep. 12.1)
The Last Queen, for Now (by Cheryl Ciucevich)
LaVern Baker (by The Dead Ladies Show)
Interview with Kelly Chase from the History Detective Podcast
The Discovery of Teenagers (ep. 11.13)
Coming of Age: A History of Puberty (ep. 11.12)
Girls at Work in the Industrial Age (ep. 11.11)
Girls at Work (ep. 11.10)
The History of St Lucia's Day
Girls at School (ep. 11.9)
The Reading Girl (after 1860) (ep. 11.8)
The Reading Girl (up to 1860) (ep. 11.7)
The Clothes Make the Girl (ep. 11.6)
The Fox Sisters (a haunted history)
From Knucklebones to Bicycles (a history of girls at play) (ep. 11.5)
From Venus to Barbie (a history of dolls) (ep. 11.4)
Of Nursery Rhymes and Fairy Tales (ep. 11.3)
The Discovery of Childhood (ep. 11.2)
It's a Girl! (the history of being born female) (ep. 11.1)
Captain Carolyn Kurtz (by Shipwrecks and Sea Dogs)
Annie Oakley (by Wild West Extravaganza)
Helen Keller (by Kate Twitchell King)
Elizabeth Freeman (with People Hidden in History)
Double Feature: Nellie Bly and Queen Victoria (by History Daily)
Artemisia Gentileschi (with A History of Italy)
Georgia O'Keeffe, an American Painter (ep. 10.14)
Announcement: Into History Podcast Network
Frida Kahlo, a Mexican Painter (ep. 10.13)
Requiem for Paula Modersohn-Becker (by Rainer Maria Rilke)
Paula Modersohn-Becker, an Expressionist Painter (ep. 10.12)
Hilma af Klint, an Abstract Painter (ep. 10.11)
Mary Cassatt, an Impressionist Painter (ep. 10.10)
Uemura Shōen, a Japanese Painter (ep. 10.9)
Amalia Küssner, Portrait Painter (by Kathleen Langone from People Hidden in History) (ep. 10.8)
Elisabeth Vigée Le Brun, French Portrait Painter (ep. 10.7)
Maria Sibylla Merian, Painter and Scientist (ep. 10.6)
Li Yin, a Chinese Painter (ep. 10.5)
Judith Leyster, a Dutch Master Painter (ep. 10.4)
Artemisia Gentileschi, a Baroque Painter (ep. 10.3)
Sofonisba Anguissola, a Renaissance Painter (ep. 10.2)
Female Painters in the Premodern World (ep. 10.1)
A Wife by Any Other Naming Convention (ep. 9.9)
The Mormon Polygamous Wife (ep. 9.8)
The African-American Bride (ep. 9.7)
The Solemnization of Matrimony (from the Book of Common Prayer) (ep. 9.6)
To Be Your Lawfully Wedded Wife (ep. 9.5)
What Did the Bride Wear? (ep. 9.4)
Have You the Ring? (ep. 9.3)
How Big Is Your Dowry? (rebroadcast) (ep. 9.2)
Will You Marry Me? (and other proposals) (ep. 9.1)
Two Queens and Your Christmas Tree
Ethel Rosenberg: Supposedly a Spy (ep. 8.12)
Noor Inayat Khan: A Spy for Britain (ep. 8.11)
Lise de Baissac: A Spy in France (ep. 8.10)
Zheng Pingru: A Spy for China (ep. 8.9)
Mata Hari: A World War I Spy (ep. 8.8)
Elizabeth Van Lew: A Union Spy (part 2) (ep. 8.7)
Elizabeth Van Lew: A Union Spy (part 1) (ep. 8.6)
Harriet Tubman: Freedom's Spy (rebroadcast) (ep. 8.5)
Policarpa Salavarrieta: A Spy for Colombia (ep. 8.4)
Agent 355: Washington's Mostly Mythical Spy (ep. 8.3)
Aphra Behn: A Royalist Spy (ep. 8.2)
Spies in the Pre-Modern World (ep. 8.1)
The 20th Century Housewife and Beyond (ep. 7.11)
Industrialization Hits the Housewife (ep. 7.10)
The Pre-Industrial Housewife (ep. 7.9)
Some Like It Cold: A History of Your Fridge (ep. 7.8)
Some Like It Hot: A History of Cooking (ep. 7.7)
Waste Not: A History of Your Trash (ep. 7.6)
To Market, To Market: A History of Shopping (ep. 7.5)
Next to Godliness: A History of Housecleaning (ep. 7.4)
Let There Be Light: A History of Flipping the Switch (ep. 7.3)
Stitch in Time: A History of Clothing the Family (ep. 7.2)
Wash on Monday: A History of Your Laundry (ep 7.1)
Wrapping Up the Ground-Breaking Novelists (ep 6.12)
Zora Neale Hurston Celebrates Her Heritage (ep 6.11)
Agatha Christie, the Queen of Crime (Part 2) (ep 6.10)
Agatha Christie, the Queen of Crime (Part 1) (ep 6.9)
Selma Lagerlöf Wins the Nobel (ep 6.8)
Frances Hodgson Burnett Fights for Copyright (ep 6.7)
Harriet Beecher Stowe Starts a War (ep 6.6)
Mary Shelley and the Monster (ep 6.5)
Jane Austen's History of England (ep 6.4)
Jane Austen and the Real Woman (ep 6.3)
Murasaki Shikibu and the World's First (Great) Novel (ep 6.2)
Women and the Written Word (ep 6.1)
The Historical Mary: A Girl from Galilee (ep 5.2)
The Historical Mary: Setting the Scene (ep 5.1)
Harriet Tubman: Slave to Liberator (ep 4.10)
Elizabeth Keckly: Slave to Entrepreneur (ep 4.9)
Ellen Craft: A First Class Escape (ep 4.8)
Harriet Hemings: Slave-Daughter of the President (ep 4.7)
Elizabeth Freeman: Suing for Freedom (ep 4.6)
Rosa Egipcíaca: A Slave in Brazil (ep 4.5)
Catalina: A Native American Slave in Spain (ep 4.4)
Roxelana: A Slave to the Ottomans (ep 4.3)
Neaira: A Slave in Ancient Greece (ep 4.2)
Slavery: An Enduring Institution (ep 4.1)
Maggie Lena Walker, Bank President (ep 3.9)
Hetty Green, Queen of Wall Street (ep 3.8)
No Taxation Without Representation (in the USA) (ep 3.7)
No Taxation Without Representation (in Rome) (ep 3.6)
How Big Is Your Dowry? (ep 3.5)
Women and Credit (ep 3.4)
Women and the GDP (ep 3.3)
Women on the Money (ep 3.2)
The Early History of Money (ep 3.1)
A Girl's Guide to Seizing Power (ep 2.7)
Ranavalona I, Queen of Madagascar (ep 2.6)
Catherine the Great, Empress of Russia (ep 2.5)
Elizabeth, Empress of Russia (ep 2.4)
Wu Zetian, Empress of China (ep 2.3)
Cleopatra, Pharaoh of Egypt (ep 2.2)
Why So Few Women in Power? (ep 2.1)
Q&A on Women's Fashion (ep 1.8)
Retro Fashions (No Comeback Needed) (ep 1.7)
How the Swimsuit Shrunk (ep 1.6)
The Hijab and the Sari (ep 1.5)
What Lies Beneath (ep 1.4)
The Little Mysteries: Pockets, Buttons, and Heels (ep 1.3)
The Rise and Fall of Your Hemline (ep 1.2)
Who Wears the Pants Around Here? (ep 1.1)