Kickass Women of History

Kickass Women of History is available on Spotify, Apple, Amazon and all other major podcast platforms, or via our website: share.google/bzXTEz4aTChN...

Kickass Women of History is available on Spotify, Apple, Amazon and all other major podcast platforms, or via our website: share.google/bzXTEz4aTChN...

Cover art for the book "Jurassic Girl: The Adventures of Mary Anning, Paleontologist and the First Female Fossil Hunter" by Michele C Hollow. The image shows assorted fossils in a cross section underground with a young girl in 18th Century dress excavating them.

NEW EPISODE!

This week I'm talking with @michelechollow.bsky.social about fossil hunter Mary Anning. Learn about the dangers of the Lyme Regis cliffs, her beloved dog Trey, and what happened when lightning struck.

Available now on all major podcast platforms.

Visit jurassicgirl.com for resources

This week's Kickass Women of History, with special guest @historyhobbs.bsky.social , is included in the Scholar Sunday roundup

Thanks for including us!

It was such a delight to meet you! Good luck at law school, and please do keep in touch - I'd love to have you back!

Thank you @kickasswomenof.bsky.social for such a fun conversation! (Not in the sense of “criminal conversation,” as features prominently in this episode.)

For images mentioned in this week's episode, visit: www.kickasswomenofhistory.com/post/scandal...

Image shows a 19th Century sketch of Caroline Norton.

Scandal, politics, and feminism!

Find out more about the infamous Caroline Norton on this week's Kickass Women of History, with @historyhobbs.bsky.social

Available now on Spotify, Apple, Amazon and all good podcast platforms

#womenshistory #history #19thcentury #politics #scandal

We still need to book in a time to talk about Lola!

Listening to the latest @kickasswomenof.bsky.social episode, on Caroline Norton and you know I've to link everything to Limerick 😁
One of her friends mentioned was Edward Bulwer-Lytton, the bad guy in County Limerick born Rosina Bulwer-Lytton nee Doyle-Wheeler's story.

Did you know... Torres Strait Islands?

#torresstraitislands #womenshistory #history #didyouknow #periods

Kickass Women of History Podcast · Kickass Women of History · Remember in school, all those lessons about the men of the past? How they ruled, fought and built? Well, on Kickass Women of History we'll be learning about what t...

If you want to hear more about April's story, it was shared by Kay Jones from Museum of Liverpool on episode 8 of our podcast, which is available on all major podcast platforms: open.spotify.com/show/32oPso9...

The image shows a faded portrait-photograph of model April Ashley in the 1960s. The text reads: "Be beautiful, be kind - to yourself and others - and most of all be brave" April Ashley, 1935 - 2021 Kickass Women of History

Kickass Women of History is now, and will always strive to be, trans-inclusive.

Given yesterday's UK High Court decision, we wanted to re-state this, and re-share these words from trans-activist and kickass woman April Ashley.

Image is a selfie, taken by Amy. She is wearing a denim dress. Behind her is Traitors Gate, which used to allow boats from the River Thames into the Tower of London.

Spent today at the Tower of London. Behind me is Traitors Gate, where Anne Boleyn, Katherine Howard, Lady Jane Grey, and many others were brought to the Tower to be imprisoned and executed.

The #genderpaygap is not new. Anatomist Anna Morandi Manzolini earned less than men in her field, in spite of her exceptional talent. Learn more about her life from @anatomicalcat.bsky.social from @surgeonshall.bsky.social

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We get a mention in @americanstudier.bsky.social 's #scholarsunday roundup!

Thanks for the mention!

Corpses in the dining room?

Home-working was very different in the 18th Century! Learn more about Anna Morandi Manzolini in our latest episode with @anatomicalcat.bsky.social from @surgeonshall.bsky.social

Available now on Spotify, Apple, Amazon and all good podcast platforms.

#steminist

Absolutely adored this chat!

And we adored chatting with you too! Come back any time x

NEW EPISODE!

@anatomicalcat.bsky.social from @surgeonshall.bsky.social joins Amy and Emma to talk about the life of 18th Century anatomist, Anna Morandi Manzolini.

Available now on Spotify, Apple, Amazon and all good podcast platforms.

#womenshistory #steminist #sciencehistory #surgeonshall

Was a pleasure to be interviewed for this episode!

Thank you so much @kickasswomenof.bsky.social for having me on and letting me talk about gender, archaeology, and a very interesting burial!

Be sure to check it out on all good podcasting platforms!!

NEW EPISODE!

What do grave goods tell us about a person? What would you like to be buried with you?

Amy talks with @owenexiehurcum.bsky.social from @york.ac.uk about the Suontaka Individual & how gender in archaeology(and life!) is not a straightforward concept

On all good podcast platforms

Happy April Fools! What tricks have you fallen for today?

Did you know... Language?

#language #janeausten #womenshistory

Kickass Women of History is... well... kickass! Bringing so many different perspectives and women's stories that need and deserve to be better known. Brava! 👏 #WomenOfHistory #Podcast

Thank you so much!!! 😍

Bit of archaeology this morning - what was the Ishango Bone, and what possible reason could prehistoric people have had for tracking monthly cycles??? 😉🤣

Ahh! Had a scroll and see that we and @overlysarcastic.bsky.social have overlapped in topics this week. To be fair to Machiavelli, I've got a crush on Caterina too! I'll have to give your show a listen.