Her Half of History

This podcast explores women's history, with bios of extraordinary women and social history of the more ordinary among us.

[Her Half of History @her_half]

@phihpod Yes! She is my latest subject: https://t.co/KSpX06hwmn

[Her Half of History @her_half]

If you're feeling like #Christmas is a lot of unseen work by the woman of the house, then Mrs. Santa Claus is entirely on your side, even as written by the 19th century magazine writers who created her.
https://t.co/KSpX06hwmn

[Her Half of History @her_half]

@jannekebudding Thanks!

[Her Half of History @her_half]

I had a great time talking all things laundry with Shea from the History Fix Podcast! The history of laundry is so much more fun than actually doing my laundry...
#womenshistory #womeninhistory

https://t.co/KK7COOfhqH

[Her Half of History @her_half]

Exciting news about a former subject of my show! Amalia Kussner is getting a biography by @phihpod . Available now for preorder. https://t.co/UtJYBzXx0n

[Her Half of History @her_half]

Words of advice from the Woods' Household Magazine, 1870 to Young Ladies:

[Medieval Manuscripts @BLMedieval]

Remembering Joan of Arc, whose letter to the citizens of Riom was sent #OTD in 1429

Currently on display @britishlibrary, the letter bears Joan's first known signature

https://t.co/amIcfEWhHg

[Her Half of History @her_half]

@abertrotzdem @fakehistoryhunt Thank you!

[Her Half of History @her_half]

@badly_wired @fakehistoryhunt @redrubyrose_ Thanks for the info! And the new vocabulary word! (I had to look up mordant. 😀)

[Her Half of History @her_half]

@redrubyrose_ @fakehistoryhunt Thank you!

[Her Half of History @her_half]

However, I think Nevada might like a word about the articles' use of largest female legislative majority.

[Her Half of History @her_half]

Some election news I will comment on! My home state has a female governor, 3 women out of 5 state supreme justices, and 54% female legislators.

In a healthy system, balances like that will sometimes happen. Good to see women in those roles being normalized.

[KOB 4 @KOB4]

Women have won 60 seats in the New Mexico Legislature to secure the largest female legislative majority in U.S. history.
https://t.co/yqcm6q0Cen

[Fake History Hunter @fakehistoryhunt]

If everyone had better history lessons in school, the world would be a better place.
Then again, I would say that wouldn't I.

[Dylan O'Sullivan @DylanoA4]

C. S. Lewis, perspective reset

[Her Half of History @her_half]

@ingrid1dewaal She is in the episode! Just not in the pictures. No particular reason for that. These 6 are chosen mostly at random because pictures of all 30 or so I mentioned would make them too small to be seen. I'm glad you know about so many though! We need more visibility! 😃

[Her Half of History @her_half]

Why spend all day fretting about today's election when you could spend 15 minutes of it reading/listening about elections that are safely over and the world did not end? (direct link in the bio and 1st comment)

[Her Half of History @her_half]

@ingrid1dewaal Oh, it's not a complete list for sure! I'm happy to say that at this point, there have been too many women elected for me to cover them all in one episode. I mostly focused on the earlier ones.

[Her Half of History @her_half]

Here's the direct link: https://t.co/B26a1abNIe

[Her Half of History @her_half]

To that woman who thinks life would be better as a historical farmwife: please read The First Four Years by Laura Ingalls Wilder.

You'll see isolation, depression, debt+inability to earn, house burning down, failed harvests, etc.

The cover looks cute, but the life was hard.