How Chinese women were barred from the American dream
US anti-immigration laws targeted them first and not subtly
19th century
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Ep 9 | The homesteaders trad wives would rather forget about (Megan Kate Nelson, part 2)
Mythologised Frontier imagery is all over the far right agenda
The American Frontier you never hear about
Westward expansion is one story. There are many others.
Ep 8 | The American Frontier you never hear about (Megan Kate Nelson, part 1)
" Most white Americans could not conceive of a successful woman in the American West if she was not a prostitute."
History's super confused ideas about women's sex lives
What can I say, girls will be girls...
Ep 6 | The fire that started a gender war
How one of history's deadliest tragedies for women became a fight about what real men are made of
The greatest filmmaker you've never heard of
She was one of the founders of cinema. She ran two of the world's biggest film studios and directed more than 600 films. You've heard of Lumière, Méliès, Gaumont or Pathé. Why not of her?
“We raise them like saints, then hand them over like fillies”
19th-century girls' so-called education dropped them clueless into life
George Sand outsold Victor Hugo. Then we forgot about her.
Episode 2: How a best-selling author revered by her peers disappeared from the literary canon
Ep 2 | George Sand, literary rock star (Fiona Sampson)
She outsold Victor Hugo. Then we forgot about her.
The housewife is a Victorian invention
Women didn't ruin the workplace. They were always there.
Ep 1 | Women have always had jobs (Victoria Bateman)
Women didn't ruin the workplace. They've always been there.
