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An essential, epic new history illuminating the Middle Ages, told through the lives of twelve remarkable women who lived through the wild, raucous, and experimental time period and made it their own The era between the fall of Rome in AD 500 and the year 1000 feels strangely alien. We trace our...

Lawyer and human rights advocate Elizabeth Prochaska’s ambitious cultural history of childbirth reveals how the stories we tell about reproduction have been used to exercise power over women’s bodies – and asks what freedom in birth might look like. It matters who tells a story. For much...

Virginal, chaste, humble, patiently waiting for rescue by brave knights and handsome princes: this idealized—and largely mythical—notion of the medieval noblewoman still lingers. Yet the reality was very different, as Kelcey Wilson-Lee shows in this vibrant account of the five daughters of Edward I, often known as Longshanks. The lives of these sisters—Eleanora, Joanna, Margaret, Mary, and Elizabeth—ran the gamut of experiences open to royal women in the Middle Ages. 

The Combahee River Collective, a path-breaking group of radical black feminists, was one of the most important organizations to develop out of the antiracist and women's liberation movements of the 1960s and 70s. In this collection of essays and interviews edited by activist-scholar Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, founding members of the organization and contemporary activists reflect on the legacy of its contributions to black feminism and its impact on today's struggles.

The central volume in the definitive biography of America's most important First Lady. "Engrossing" (Boston Globe). The captivating second volume of this Eleanor Roosevelt biography covers tumultuous era of the Great Depression, the New Deal, and the gathering storms of World War II, the years...

Number 4 Euston Square was a respectable boardinghouse, like many others in Victorian London. But beneath this ordinary veneer lurked a murderous darkness. On 8th May 1879, the corpse of former resident Matilda Hacker was uncovered in the coal cellar. The investigation that followed stripped bare the shadow-side of Victorian domesticity, throwing the lives of everyone within into an extraordinary maelstrom.

When Ohio newspapers published the story of Alice Chenoweth's affair with a married man, she changed her name to Helen Hamilton Gardener, moved to New York, and devoted her life to championing women's rights and decrying the sexual double standard. She became one of the most sought-after speakers on the 19th-century lecture circuit, published seven books and countless essays, supported herself, hobnobbed with the most interesting thinkers of her era, visited 22 countries, and was celebrated for her audacious ideas and keen wit.

Dirty secrets, wild romps, unruly behaviour, unapologetic rebels, wild seductresses and badasses galore ... History is HOT. Did you know that women occupy only 0.5 per cent of the historical record? Diving into the lives of queens, witches, bitches and It Girls throughout the ages – from...

After growing up in Zanzibar as part of the ruling Omani Sultanate, Sayyida Salme, the daughter of the Sultan and his surie concubine Djilfidan, took a fateful step that shaped the rest of her life. She could not have imagined what challenges lay ahead. When she chose to follow her love and became Emily Ruete, she found herself on a path to self-exile, as she moved from East to West, South to North. Taking on a new culture, language, faith, even identity, she crossed borders only to find new barriers.

When Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis became First Lady of the United States over sixty years ago, she stepped into the public spotlight. Although Jackie is perhaps best known for her two highly-publicized marriages, her legacy has endured beyond twentieth-century pop culture and she remains an object of public fascination today. Drawing on a range of sources—from articles penned for the women's pages of local newspapers, to esteemed national periodicals, to fan magazines, and film—Our Jackie evaluates how media coverage of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis changed over the course of her public life. J

The Tin Ticket takes us to the dawn of the nineteenth century and into the lives of Agnes McMillan, whose defiance and resilience carried her to a far more dramatic rebellion; Agnes's best friend Janet Houston, who rescued her from the Glasgow wynds and was also transported to Van Diemen's Land; Ludlow Tedder, forced to choose just one of her four children to accompany her to the other side of the world; Bridget Mulligan, who gave birth to a line of powerful women stretching to the present day. It also tells the tale of Elizabeth Gurney Fry, a Quaker reformer who touched all their lives.

看似温和的家庭教养与私密信仰，竟是主导西方两百年社会法则与权力结构的隐形推手。如果你正对当下习以为常的道德规范感到困惑，这部发人深省的历史纪实将带你直击性别、种族与信仰交织的核心现场。...

跨越国界与世纪的性别平权运动，不仅是一场反抗系统性压迫的宏大社会变革，更深深镌刻在每一次争取教育、薪酬与身体自主的日常抗争中。无论你正处于寻找自我价值的迷茫期，还是渴望在纷繁复杂的社会思潮中获得理性...

当“女巫”从历史的火刑柱上走下，那些被污名化的草根疗愈与灵性实践，究竟如何跨越父权压迫，化作女性觉醒与互助的绝地反击？那些在暗处流传的草药配方与占卜仪式，不仅是抵御严苛现实的慰藉，更是我们在窒息生活...

De historische vervolging van de heks is geen sprookje, maar een keiharde strijd om vrouwelijke autonomie en macht. Terwijl je luistert, reis je van middeleeuwse dorpspleinen vol sociale spanningen naar hedendaagse feministische gemeenschappen die deze spirituele oerkracht opnieuw opeisen. Of je...

Deze historische non-fictie onthult hoe de ogenschijnlijk zachte hand van vrome vrouwen onze moderne moraal kneedde. Ideaal voor tijdens je woon-werkverkeer, biedt dit meeslepende luisterboek een prikkelende en reflectieve blik op de onzichtbare machtsstructuren in onze samenleving. Luister hoe...

Deze meeslepende geschiedenis van vrouwenrechten onthult de eeuwenoude, harde strijd voor vrijheid en ware gelijkheid. Of je nu in de trein zit tijdens je woon-werkverkeer of ontspanning zoekt voor het slapengaan, dit inspirerende relaas trekt je direct de barricades op. Luister hoe moedige...

Resgate a verdadeira história da bruxaria, onde perseguição religiosa e poder espiritual feminino entram em colisão. Ideal para seus momentos de reflexão, esta investigação histórica corrige séculos de medo institucional e controle. Acompanhe a trajetória de curandeiras europeias que...

Esplora la lotta contro il patriarcato e scopri l'evoluzione dei diritti civili in questo saggio storico illuminante. Perfetto per chi desidera arricchire i propri tragitti quotidiani con un ascolto formativo, il testo svela come le richieste di uguaglianza siano nate in risposta a profondi...

تتبع جذور الحركة النسوية في رحلة تاريخية تكشف كيف تحولت المطالبة الفردية بالحقوق إلى نضال عالمي من أجل المساواة. عبر سرد ملهم، يضعك هذا العمل الصوتي في قلب...