Hidden Half Book Review: from the Remedial Herstory Project Podcast
1) E18 Icon & Idealist, August 2025
Concerned that the 1873 Comstock Act feels too relevant in 2025? Join us this August as we read The Icon & The Idealist: Margaret Sanger, Mary Ware Dennett, and the Rivalry That Brought Birth Control ...Show More
2) E17 Vanguard, July 2025
Bring on the ballot box! This July weâre reading Vanguard: How Black Women Broke Barriers, Wont the Vote, and Insisted on Equality for All by Martha S. Jones. Like drinking from a firehose, this is an...Show More
3) E16 Lesbian Line, June 2025
Happy Pride! This June weâve read Thank You for Calling the Lesbian Line: A Hidden History of Queer Women by Elizabeth Lovatt, part memoir, part history of Lesbian call lines in 1990s London. Dial in ...Show More
4) E15 Madame President, May 2025
Great man narratives of complicated women this month! This May we read Madame President: The Extraordinary Journey of Ellen Johnson Sirleaf by Helene Cooper, so weâre all up to date on the fascinating...Show More
5) E14 Rome in 21 Women, April 2025
Cry havoc and let slip your love for all things Rome! For April 2025, weâve read Emma Southonâs A Rome of Oneâs Own (US), otherwise known as A History of Rome in 21 Women (UK). Join Victoria and Kathe...Show More
6) E13 Women's Work, March 2025
Grab this one for your fiber arts circle! For Womenâs History Month 2025 weâre reading the feminist classic Womenâs Work: The First 20,000 Years by Elizabeth Wayland Barber. Join Victoria and Katherin...Show More
7) E12 Factory Girls, February 2025
Weâre on the cusp of current events with Leslie ChangâsFactory Girls: Voices from the Heart of Modern China this month. Join Victoria and Katherine as they struggle along with the migrant women that f...Show More
8) E11 Poet Mystic Widow Wife, January 2025
Itâs a new year and weâre ready to jump back to the Medieval Period with Poet Mystic Widow Wife: The Extraordinary Lives of Medieval Women by Hetta Howes. Join Victoria and Katherine as they contempla...Show More
9) E10 The World That Was Ours, December 2024
This month, step into the shoes of Hilda Bernstein, anti-Apartheid activist and writer, as she recounts the horrors of the 1963-4 Rivonia Trial in her memoir The World That Was Ours. Join Victoria and...Show More
10) E9 A History of Islam in 21 Women, November 2024
This month weâre digging into A History of Islam in 21 Women by Hossein Kamaly. Pop on your explorerâs cap as Victoria and Katherine traverse these rich and varied biographies of muslim women from Wes...Show More