Her Half of History
by Evergreen PodcastsWhy 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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Episodes
4.4 Catalina: A Native American Slave in Spain
18m · PublishedVisit the website (herhalfofhistory.com) for sources, transcripts, and pictures.
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4.3 Roxelana: A Slave to the Ottomans
22m · PublishedIf there ever was a real life Cinderella, Roxelana might have been it. She was torn from her home in childhood and sold into slavery, but she ended up as queen of an empire.
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Support the show on my Patreon page for bonus episodes, polls, and a general feeling of self-satisfaction.
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4.3 Roxelana: A Slave to the Ottomans
22m · PublishedIf there ever was a real life Cinderella, Roxelana might have been it. She was torn from her home in childhood and sold into slavery, but she ended up as queen of an empire.
Check out the website for sources and images.
Visit the website (herhalfofhistory.com) for sources, transcripts, and pictures.
Support the show on my Patreon page for bonus episodes, polls, and a general feeling of self-satisfaction.
Join Into History for a community of ad-free history podcasts plus bonus content.
Follow me on Twitter as @her_half. Or on Facebook or Instagram as Her Half of History.
4.2 Neaira: A Slave in Ancient Greece
22m · PublishedDetails on ancient Greek women are scarce, but one of the few we do know about was Neaira, who grew up as a slave in a brothel in Corinth. In her twenties, she was able to purchase her freedom with a little help from some friends. Sadly, we know her story only from the court records against her, when she was accused of having the temerity to live with an Athenian citizen as husband and wife, which was illegal for a non-Athenian woman. Listen for a rare glimpse of life for an Ancient Greek woman.
See the website for sources and pictures.
Visit the website (herhalfofhistory.com) for sources, transcripts, and pictures.
Support the show on my Patreon page for bonus episodes, polls, and a general feeling of self-satisfaction.
Follow me on Twitter as @her_half. Or on Facebook or Instagram as Her Half of History.
4.2 Neaira: A Slave in Ancient Greece
22m · PublishedDetails on ancient Greek women are scarce, but one of the few we do know about was Neaira, who grew up as a slave in a brothel in Corinth. In her twenties, she was able to purchase her freedom with a little help from some friends. Sadly, we know her story only from the court records against her, when she was accused of having the temerity to live with an Athenian citizen as husband and wife, which was illegal for a non-Athenian woman. Listen for a rare glimpse of life for an Ancient Greek woman.
See the website for sources and pictures.
Visit the website (herhalfofhistory.com) for sources, transcripts, and pictures.
Support the show on my Patreon page for bonus episodes, polls, and a general feeling of self-satisfaction.
Join Into History for a community of ad-free history podcasts plus bonus content.
Follow me on Twitter as @her_half. Or on Facebook or Instagram as Her Half of History.
4.1 Slavery: An Enduring Institution
22m · PublishedOur brand new series is "A Slave, But Now I'm Free." Most of the series will be biographical spotlights on women who escaped slavery, but I find that many people have a mental image of slavery that is entirely based on the American antebellum south. Slavery is much older than that, and hasn't always looked like that, so this episode is an overview of the institution itself: when it began, how people became slaves, what rights slaves did (and mostly didn't) have, and how slaves fought back.
See the website for sources.
Visit the website (herhalfofhistory.com) for sources, transcripts, and pictures.
Support the show on my Patreon page for bonus episodes, polls, and a general feeling of self-satisfaction.
Join Into History for a community of ad-free history podcasts plus bonus content.
Follow me on Twitter as @her_half. Or on Facebook or Instagram as Her Half of History.
4.1 Slavery: An Enduring Institution
22m · PublishedOur brand new series is "A Slave, But Now I'm Free." Most of the series will be biographical spotlights on women who escaped slavery, but I find that many people have a mental image of slavery that is entirely based on the American antebellum south. Slavery is much older than that, and hasn't always looked like that, so this episode is an overview of the institution itself: when it began, how people became slaves, what rights slaves did (and mostly didn't) have, and how slaves fought back.
See the website for sources.
Visit the website (herhalfofhistory.com) for sources, transcripts, and pictures.
Support the show on my Patreon page for bonus episodes, polls, and a general feeling of self-satisfaction.
Follow me on Twitter as @her_half. Or on Facebook or Instagram as Her Half of History.
3.9 Maggie Lena Walker, Bank President
18m · PublishedMaggie Lena Walker was the first African-American woman to run a bank (and almost the first American woman of any color to run a bank). She led it successfully through a world war, a pandemic, and the Great Depression, and after her death it went on to survive as a continuously black-owned bank for almost a century.
See the website for sources and more details.
Visit the website (herhalfofhistory.com) for sources, transcripts, and pictures.
Support the show on my Patreon page for bonus episodes, polls, and a general feeling of self-satisfaction.
Join Into History for a community of ad-free history podcasts plus bonus content.
Follow me on Twitter as @her_half. Or on Facebook or Instagram as Her Half of History.
3.9 Maggie Lena Walker, Bank President
18m · PublishedMaggie Lena Walker was the first African-American woman to run a bank (and almost the first American woman of any color to run a bank). She led it successfully through a world war, a pandemic, and the Great Depression, and after her death it went on to survive as a continuously black-owned bank for almost a century.
See the website for sources and more details.
Visit the website (herhalfofhistory.com) for sources, transcripts, and pictures.
Support the show on my Patreon page for bonus episodes, polls, and a general feeling of self-satisfaction.
Follow me on Twitter as @her_half. Or on Facebook or Instagram as Her Half of History.
3.8 Hetty Green, Queen of Wall Street
24m · PublishedWomen have often had a hard time breaking into the world of high finance, but Hetty Green, the Queen of Wall Street, didn't let that stand in her way. She started with a fortune and ended with a much, much bigger fortune through her own efforts in the 19th century.
See the website for sources and more details.
Visit the website (herhalfofhistory.com) for sources, transcripts, and pictures.
Support the show on my Patreon page for bonus episodes, polls, and a general feeling of self-satisfaction.
Follow me on Twitter as @her_half. Or on Facebook or Instagram as Her Half of History.
Her Half of History has 235 episodes in total of non- explicit content. Total playtime is 84:50:29. The language of the podcast is English. This podcast has been added on November 27th 2022. It might contain more episodes than the ones shown here. It was last updated on May 31st, 2024 19:15.
