The Other Half: The History of Women Through the Ages
Summary: Women make up half of the world's population, and yet history books often consign them to the sidelines. They are dismissed as merely the wives of powerful men; babymakers and nothing more. Yet women have been the driving force behind history for millennia, from female Pharoahs, warrior princesses and pirates, to the revolutionaries who sought to topple the male-dominated political systems of their day. From host of the popular 'Queens of England Podcast', The Other Half tells the forgotten and ignored stories of the most powerful and influential women in history.
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Rani Laksmibai is one of the great heroines of modern India - a warrior queen who fought against British rule of her country See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Elodie Harper is a reporter and presenter at ITV News Anglia. She's worked as a journalist for the past decade, including for Channel 4 News, ITN and BBC Radio with a focus on crime reporting in Norfolk, where her first two novels are set. The Wolf Den takes her in a new direction and to a new time period in the lupanar of Ancient Pompeii. Buy Elodie's book from Blackwells or, if you're not from the US or Canada, from your local bookstore. You can also get it from Amazon, but I reckon Jeff Bezos has enough money. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
After her country was stolen from her, a young countess from Lithuania took up arms to get it back. Support the show on Patreon Download the Lyceum app and join the conversation See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Sacagawea completes her journey to the Pacific and back again - making electoral history along the way - as well as looking at how she has been remembered by generations of Americans. Support the show on Patreon Download the Lyceum app and join the conversation See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Sacagawea saves the Corps twice and runs into her family. Support the show on Patreon Download the Lyceum app and join the conversation See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
For me, there is only one woman in US history that truly fits the folk heroine bill, the one with more rivers, mountains and memorials in her honour than any other woman in American history - Sacagawea. Support the show on Patreon Download the Lyceum app and join the conversation See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Njinga finally achieves ultimate victory and finally rules the nation whose throne she had assumed so many years before. But could she manage to safely pass the kingdom off to her chosen successor. Support the show on Patreon Download the Lyceum app and join the conversation See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Njinga's brother dying put her in pole position to become Ndongo's first queen, but the route to power for women is rarely obstacle-free. Support the show on Patreon Download the Lyceum app and join the conversation See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
We travel to the lands that make up modern Angola into the era of European colonialism and expansion, slavery and subjugation to tell the story of one of Africa’s greatest queens. Support the show on Patreon Download the Lyceum app and join the conversation See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
After Joan's death, France triumphed in the Hundred Years War, and which led to Joan’s rebirth as a true heroine of France and of liberty all over the world. Joan of Arc at the Pantheon Support the show on Patreon Download the Lyceum app and join the conversation See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Joan of Arc goes through months of penetrating and humiliating interrogation and trial as her captors seek to break her will and achieve moral as well as military victory The full court record of Joan's trial Support the show on Patreon Download the Lyceum app and join the conversation See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
After winning the faith of the Dauphin, Joan travels to her date with destiny at the besieged city of Orléans. Watch my guest episode on Tudor queens with Heather Teysco of the Renaissance English History Podcast Support the show on Patreon Download the Lyceum app and join the conversation See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Joan of Arc or Jeanne la Pucelle is the prototypical folk heroine - she is the gold standard on which they are all judged. Today we see how a teenage peasant girl persuaded a prince to let her lead his armies against the old enemy. Support the show on Patreon Download the Lyceum app and join the conversation See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
With her position at home secure, it was time for Tamar to make her mark on history, both on the battlefield and in building her cultural legacy Listen to Mily Balakirev's Tamara, played by the Montreal Symphony Orchestra Support the show on Patreon Download the Lyceum app and join the conversation See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
In twelfth century Georgia, a woman comes to the throne. Her people had never had a queen before, and the nation was surrounded by enemies. Tamar would have her work cut out to survive. Support the show on Patreon Download the Lyceum app and join the conversation See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
