Her Half of History
By Evergreen Podcasts
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Episodes: 189
Mar 21, 2023
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Why don't women's clothes have more pockets? Who are the female writers and artists my education forgot to include? How does a woman go about seizing control of her government? What was it like to be a female slave and how did the lucky ones escape? When did women get to put their own name on their credit cards? Is the life of a female spy as glamorous as Hollywood has led me to believe?
In short, what were the women doing all that time? I explore these and other questions in this thematic approach to women's history.
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To Fetch a Pail of Water (a history of women carrying it) (ep. 15.7)
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Sep 11, 2025 |
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Vaccines and Surviving Childhood (ep. 15.6)
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Aug 28, 2025 |
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"Superfluous" Women and the Typewriter (ep. 15.5)
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Aug 21, 2025 |
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The Spindle, the Spinning Wheel, and the Spinning Jenny (ep. 15.4)
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Aug 14, 2025 |
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Doctors, Washed Hands, and Death in Childbirth (ep. 15.3)
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Jul 31, 2025 |
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The Bicycle and “Free Untrammeled Womanhood” (ep. 15.2)
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Jul 24, 2025 |
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Agriculture: Was It a Bad Idea? (ep. 15.1)
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Jul 17, 2025 |
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July 3, 1776, John Adams to Abigail Adams (bonus episode)
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Jul 03, 2025 |
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The Topic of Series 15 Will Be ...
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Jun 26, 2025 |
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Coretta Scott King, Wife of Martin Luther King, Jr (ep. 14.21)
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Jun 19, 2025 |
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Jiang Qing, Wife of Chairman Mao (ep. 14.20)
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Jun 12, 2025 |
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Zelda Fitzgerald, Wife of F. Scott Fitzgerald (ep. 14.19)
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Jun 05, 2025 |
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Frances Perkins, Secretary of Labor for FDR (ep. 14.18)
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May 22, 2025 |
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Marion Mahony, Architect for Frank Lloyd Wright (ep. 14.17)
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May 15, 2025 |
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Mileva Marić, Einstein's First Wife (ep. 14.16)
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May 08, 2025 |
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Kasturba Gandhi, Wife of Mahatma Gandhi (ep. 14.15)
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Apr 24, 2025 |
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Clara Schumann, Wife of Robert Schumann (ep. 14.14)
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Apr 17, 2025 |
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Katharine Wright, Sister of Wilbur and Orville Wright (ep. 14.13)
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Apr 10, 2025 |
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And the winner is ... (plus announcements)
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Apr 03, 2025 |
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Jo van Gogh-Bonger, Vincent's Sister-in-Law (part 2) (ep. 14.12)
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Mar 27, 2025 |
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Jo van Gogh-Bonger, Vincent's Sister-in-Law (part 1) (ep. 14.11)
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Mar 20, 2025 |
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Bertha von Suttner, Friend of Alfred Nobel (ep. 14.10)
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Mar 13, 2025 |
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Why Women's History Still Matters
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Mar 06, 2025 |
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Nadezhda von Meck, Tchaikovsky's Best Friend (ep. 14.9)
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Feb 27, 2025 |
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Nannerl Mozart, Sister of Wolfgang Amadeus (ep. 14.8)
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Feb 20, 2025 |
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Deborah Read, Wife of Benjamin Franklin (ep. 14.7)
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Feb 13, 2025 |
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Jane, Anne, Catherine, and Catherine: The Last Four Wives of Henry VIII (ep. 14.6)
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Jan 30, 2025 |
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Catherine and Anne: The First Two Wives of Henry VIII (ep. 14.5)
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Jan 23, 2025 |
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Isabella I, Sponsor of Columbus (ep. 14.4)
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Jan 16, 2025 |
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The Daughters of Genghis Khan (ep. 14.3)
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Jan 02, 2025 |
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Olympias, Mother of Alexander the Great (ep. 14.2)
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Dec 26, 2024 |
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Helena, Mother of Constantine the Great (ep. 14.1)
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Dec 19, 2024 |
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Mrs. Santa Claus
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Dec 05, 2024 |
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Laundry: An Interview with the History Fix Podcast
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Nov 21, 2024 |
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Announcement on Series 14
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Nov 07, 2024 |
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Women Who Got Elected (bonus)
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Nov 05, 2024 |
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Why Beauty Mattered (and has anything changed?) (ep. 13.14)
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Oct 31, 2024 |
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Losing a Breast to Gain a Life (ep. 13.13)
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Oct 24, 2024 |
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In the Eye of the Beholder (ep. 13.12)
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Oct 17, 2024 |
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The Witch's Mark (ep. 13.11)
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Oct 10, 2024 |
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Body Art: Tattoos and Henna (ep. 13.10)
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Oct 03, 2024 |
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Cosmetics in the Modern World (ep. 13.9)
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Sep 19, 2024 |
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Cosmetics in the Pre-Modern World (ep. 13.8)
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Sep 12, 2024 |
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A Bad Hair Day in Ancient Rome (ep. 13.7)
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Sep 05, 2024 |
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The History of Hair (ep. 13.6)
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Aug 29, 2024 |
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The Quest for a Hairless Body (ep. 13.5)
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Aug 22, 2024 |
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Chinese Footbinding (ep. 13.4)
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Aug 15, 2024 |
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To Boost or to Bind: A History of the Bust (ep. 13.3)
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Aug 08, 2024 |
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The Corset (ep. 13.2)
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Aug 01, 2024 |
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The Ideal Body Shape, Historically Speaking (ep. 13.1)
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Jul 25, 2024 |
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Mayans, Aztecs, and Chocolate by Pamela Toler
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Jul 18, 2024 |
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Peggy Shippen Arnold by 2 Complicated 4 History
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Jul 04, 2024 |
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Ain't I a Woman? by Sojourner Truth
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Jun 20, 2024 |
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Alexandra Feodorovna, Last Empress of Russia (ep. 12.15)
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Jun 06, 2024 |
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Yaa Asantewaa, Last Queen of the Asante (Ghana) (ep. 12.14)
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May 30, 2024 |
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Lili'uokalani, Last Queen of Hawaii (ep. 12.13)
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May 23, 2024 |
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Lakshmibai, Last Rani of Jhansi (ep. 12.12)
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May 16, 2024 |
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Marie Antoinette, the Bitter End (ep. 12.11)
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May 09, 2024 |
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Marie Antoinette, the Unfortunate Queen (ep. 12.10)
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May 02, 2024 |
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Marie Antoinette, the Luckiest Princess (ep. 12.9)
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Apr 25, 2024 |
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Zainatuddin Kamalat Syah, Last Queen of Aceh (Indonesia) (ep. 12.8)
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Apr 11, 2024 |
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Arwa al-Sulayhi, Last Queen of the Sulayhids (Yemen) (ep. 12.7)
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Apr 04, 2024 |
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Xiuhtlaltzin, Last Queen of the Toltec (Mexico) (ep. 12.6)
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Mar 28, 2024 |
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Jinseong, Last Queen of Silla (Korea) (ep. 12.5)
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Mar 21, 2024 |
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Zenobia, Last Empress of Palmyra (Syria) (ep. 12.4)
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Mar 14, 2024 |
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Boudica, Last Queen of the Iceni (ep. 12.3)
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Mar 07, 2024 |
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Cleopatra, Last Pharaoh of Egypt (rebroadcast) (ep. 12.2)
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Feb 29, 2024 |
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Salome Alexandra, Last Queen of Judea (ep. 12.1)
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Feb 22, 2024 |
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The Last Queen, for Now (by Cheryl Ciucevich)
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Feb 15, 2024 |
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LaVern Baker (by The Dead Ladies Show)
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Feb 08, 2024 |
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Interview with Kelly Chase from the History Detective Podcast
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Jan 25, 2024 |
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The Discovery of Teenagers (ep. 11.13)
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Jan 11, 2024 |
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Coming of Age: A History of Puberty (ep. 11.12)
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Jan 04, 2024 |
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Girls at Work in the Industrial Age (ep. 11.11)
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Dec 21, 2023 |
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Girls at Work (ep. 11.10)
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Dec 14, 2023 |
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The History of St Lucia's Day
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Dec 07, 2023 |
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Girls at School (ep. 11.9)
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Nov 30, 2023 |
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The Reading Girl (after 1860) (ep. 11.8)
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Nov 16, 2023 |
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The Reading Girl (up to 1860) (ep. 11.7)
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Nov 09, 2023 |
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The Clothes Make the Girl (ep. 11.6)
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Nov 02, 2023 |
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The Fox Sisters (a haunted history)
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Oct 26, 2023 |
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From Knucklebones to Bicycles (a history of girls at play) (ep. 11.5)
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Oct 19, 2023 |
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From Venus to Barbie (a history of dolls) (ep. 11.4)
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Oct 12, 2023 |
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Of Nursery Rhymes and Fairy Tales (ep. 11.3)
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Oct 05, 2023 |
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The Discovery of Childhood (ep. 11.2)
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Sep 28, 2023 |
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It's a Girl! (the history of being born female) (ep. 11.1)
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Sep 21, 2023 |
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Captain Carolyn Kurtz (by Shipwrecks and Sea Dogs)
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Sep 14, 2023 |
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Annie Oakley (by Wild West Extravaganza)
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Sep 07, 2023 |
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Helen Keller (by Kate Twitchell King)
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Aug 31, 2023 |
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Elizabeth Freeman (with People Hidden in History)
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Aug 17, 2023 |
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Double Feature: Nellie Bly and Queen Victoria (by History Daily)
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Aug 10, 2023 |
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Artemisia Gentileschi (with A History of Italy)
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Aug 03, 2023 |
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Georgia O'Keeffe, an American Painter (ep. 10.14)
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Jul 27, 2023 |
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Announcement: Into History Podcast Network
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Jul 22, 2023 |
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Frida Kahlo, a Mexican Painter (ep. 10.13)
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Jul 20, 2023 |
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Requiem for Paula Modersohn-Becker (by Rainer Maria Rilke)
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Jul 13, 2023 |
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Paula Modersohn-Becker, an Expressionist Painter (ep. 10.12)
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Jul 06, 2023 |
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Hilma af Klint, an Abstract Painter (ep. 10.11)
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Jun 29, 2023 |
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Mary Cassatt, an Impressionist Painter (ep. 10.10)
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Jun 22, 2023 |
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Uemura Shōen, a Japanese Painter (ep. 10.9)
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Jun 15, 2023 |
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Amalia Küssner, Portrait Painter (by Kathleen Langone from People Hidden in History) (ep. 10.8)
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Jun 08, 2023 |
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Elisabeth Vigée Le Brun, French Portrait Painter (ep. 10.7)
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Jun 01, 2023 |
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Maria Sibylla Merian, Painter and Scientist (ep. 10.6)
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May 25, 2023 |
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Li Yin, a Chinese Painter (ep. 10.5)
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May 18, 2023 |
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Judith Leyster, a Dutch Master Painter (ep. 10.4)
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May 11, 2023 |
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Artemisia Gentileschi, a Baroque Painter (ep. 10.3)
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May 04, 2023 |
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Sofonisba Anguissola, a Renaissance Painter (ep. 10.2)
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Apr 27, 2023 |
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Female Painters in the Premodern World (ep. 10.1)
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Apr 20, 2023 |
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A Wife by Any Other Naming Convention (ep. 9.9)
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Mar 09, 2023 |
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The Mormon Polygamous Wife (ep. 9.8)
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Mar 02, 2023 |
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The African-American Bride (ep. 9.7)
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Feb 23, 2023 |
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The Solemnization of Matrimony (from the Book of Common Prayer) (ep. 9.6)
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Feb 16, 2023 |
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To Be Your Lawfully Wedded Wife (ep. 9.5)
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Feb 09, 2023 |
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What Did the Bride Wear? (ep. 9.4)
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Feb 02, 2023 |
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Have You the Ring? (ep. 9.3)
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Jan 26, 2023 |
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How Big Is Your Dowry? (rebroadcast) (ep. 9.2)
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Jan 19, 2023 |
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Will You Marry Me? (and other proposals) (ep. 9.1)
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Jan 12, 2023 |
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Two Queens and Your Christmas Tree
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Dec 15, 2022 |
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Ethel Rosenberg: Supposedly a Spy (ep. 8.12)
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Nov 10, 2022 |
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Noor Inayat Khan: A Spy for Britain (ep. 8.11)
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Nov 03, 2022 |
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Lise de Baissac: A Spy in France (ep. 8.10)
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Oct 27, 2022 |
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Zheng Pingru: A Spy for China (ep. 8.9)
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Oct 20, 2022 |
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Mata Hari: A World War I Spy (ep. 8.8)
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Oct 13, 2022 |
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Elizabeth Van Lew: A Union Spy (part 2) (ep. 8.7)
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Oct 06, 2022 |
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Elizabeth Van Lew: A Union Spy (part 1) (ep. 8.6)
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Sep 29, 2022 |
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Harriet Tubman: Freedom's Spy (rebroadcast) (ep. 8.5)
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Sep 22, 2022 |
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Policarpa Salavarrieta: A Spy for Colombia (ep. 8.4)
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Sep 15, 2022 |
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Agent 355: Washington's Mostly Mythical Spy (ep. 8.3)
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Sep 08, 2022 |
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Aphra Behn: A Royalist Spy (ep. 8.2)
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Sep 01, 2022 |
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Spies in the Pre-Modern World (ep. 8.1)
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Aug 25, 2022 |
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7.11 The 20th Century Housewife and Beyond
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Jul 14, 2022 |
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7.10 Industrialization Hits the Housewife
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Jul 07, 2022 |
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7.9 The Pre-Industrial Housewife
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Jun 30, 2022 |
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7.8 Some Like It Cold: A History of Your Fridge
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Jun 23, 2022 |
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7.7 Some Like It Hot: A History of Cooking
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Jun 16, 2022 |
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7.6 Waste Not: A History of Your Trash
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Jun 09, 2022 |
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7.5 To Market, To Market: A History of Shopping
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Jun 02, 2022 |
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7.4 Next to Godliness: A History of Housecleaning
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May 26, 2022 |
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7.3 Let There Be Light: A History of Flipping the Switch
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May 19, 2022 |
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7.2 Stitch in Time: A History of Clothing the Family
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May 12, 2022 |
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7.1 Wash on Monday: A History of Your Laundry
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May 05, 2022 |
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6.12 Wrapping Up the Ground-Breaking Novelists
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Apr 07, 2022 |
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6.11 Zora Neale Hurston Celebrates Her Heritage
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Mar 31, 2022 |
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6.10 Agatha Christie, the Queen of Crime (Part 2)
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Mar 24, 2022 |
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6.9 Agatha Christie, the Queen of Crime (Part 1)
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Mar 17, 2022 |
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6.8 Selma Lagerlöf Wins the Nobel
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Mar 10, 2022 |
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6.7 Frances Hodgson Burnett Fights for Copyright
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Mar 03, 2022 |
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6.6 Harriet Beecher Stowe Starts a War
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Feb 24, 2022 |
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6.5 Mary Shelley and the Monster
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Feb 17, 2022 |
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6.4 Jane Austen's History of England
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Feb 10, 2022 |
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6.3 Jane Austen and the Real Woman
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Feb 03, 2022 |
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6.2 Murasaki Shikibu and the World's First (Great) Novel
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Jan 27, 2022 |
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6.1 Women and the Written Word
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Jan 20, 2022 |
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5.2 The Historical Mary: A Girl from Galilee
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Dec 16, 2021 |
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5.1 The Historical Mary: Setting the Scene
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Dec 09, 2021 |
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4.10 Harriet Tubman: Slave to Liberator
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Nov 11, 2021 |
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4.9 Elizabeth Keckly: Slave to Entrepreneur
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Nov 04, 2021 |
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4.8 Ellen Craft: A First Class Escape
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Oct 28, 2021 |
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4.7 Harriet Hemings: Slave-Daughter of the President
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Oct 21, 2021 |
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4.6 Elizabeth Freeman: Suing for Freedom
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Oct 14, 2021 |
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4.5 Rosa Egipcíaca: A Slave in Brazil
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Oct 07, 2021 |
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4.4 Catalina: A Native American Slave in Spain
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Sep 30, 2021 |
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4.3 Roxelana: A Slave to the Ottomans
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Sep 24, 2021 |
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4.2 Neaira: A Slave in Ancient Greece
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Sep 16, 2021 |
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4.1 Slavery: An Enduring Institution
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Sep 09, 2021 |
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3.9 Maggie Lena Walker, Bank President
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Jul 29, 2021 |
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3.8 Hetty Green, Queen of Wall Street
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Jul 22, 2021 |
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3.7 No Taxation Without Representation (in the USA)
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Jul 15, 2021 |
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3.6 No Taxation Without Representation (in Rome)
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Jul 08, 2021 |
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3.5 How Big Is Your Dowry?
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Jul 01, 2021 |
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3.4 Women and Credit
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Jun 24, 2021 |
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3.3 Women and the GDP
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Jun 17, 2021 |
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3.2 Women on the Money
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Jun 10, 2021 |
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3.1 The Early History of Money
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Jun 03, 2021 |
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2.7 A Girl's Guide to Seizing Power
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May 20, 2021 |
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2.6 Ranavalona I, Queen of Madagascar
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May 13, 2021 |
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2.5 Catherine the Great, Empress of Russia
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May 06, 2021 |
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2.4 Elizabeth, Empress of Russia
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Apr 29, 2021 |
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2.3 Wu Zetian, Empress of China
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Apr 22, 2021 |
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2.2 Cleopatra, Pharaoh of Egypt
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Apr 15, 2021 |
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2.1 Why So Few Women in Power?
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Apr 08, 2021 |
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1.8 Q&A on Women's Fashion
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Mar 25, 2021 |
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1.7 Retro Fashions (No Comeback Needed)
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Mar 18, 2021 |
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1.6 How the Swimsuit Shrunk
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Mar 11, 2021 |
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1.5 The Hijab and the Sari
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Mar 04, 2021 |
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1.4 What Lies Beneath
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Feb 25, 2021 |
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1.3 The Little Mysteries: Pockets, Buttons, and Heels
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Feb 18, 2021 |
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1.2 The Rise and Fall of Your Hemline
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Feb 11, 2021 |
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1.1 Who Wears the Pants Around Here?
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Feb 04, 2021 |