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Tune in for women's stories from throughout history, and check out our website, infinite-women.com, for bios, recommendations and more!
Episodes
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- Dr Heidi R Lewis on hip-hop and gender · 60 minDr Heidi R. Lewis, a Professor of Feminist & Gender Studies at Colorado College and author of the book Make Rappers Rap Again: Interrogating the Mumble Rap “Crisis,” joins us to…
- Diana Parsell on Eliza Scidmore · 35 minDiana Parsell, author of Eliza Scidmore: The Trailblazing Journalist Behind Washington's Cherry Trees, shares the story of the travel writer, conservationist, photographer and…
- Kayla Branstetter on narrative medicine · 35 minKayla Branstetter, a professor of English at Crowder College, joins us to discuss her book Don’t Be an Athena and her research on narrative medicine and the ways women’s pain is…
- Dr Nina C. Baker on Margaret E. Knight · 23 minEngineering historian Dr. Nina C. Baker returns to tell us about inventor Margaret E. Knight. Transcript: https://www.infinite-women.com/wp-content/uploads/Nina-Baker-on-Margaret…
- Dr Llewellyn Negrin on fashion as embodied art · 40 minDr Llewellyn Negrin is an Adjunct senior researcher in the School of Creative and Performing Arts at the University of Tasmania who studies fashion as an embodied artform. She…
- Dr. Georgia Munro-Cook on the WNBA · 32 minDr. Georgia Munro-Cook, a research fellow in the Centre for Social and Cultural Research at Griffith University, is the author of Building the WNBA: From Dunking Divas to…
- Dr Céline Leboeuf on the "tyranny of thinness" · 51 minDr Céline Leboeuf is an Associate Professor in Philosophy at Florida International University and author of the new book, The Tyranny of Thinness: Understanding and Resisting the…
- Julia Cooke on Mickey Hahn · 31 minJulia Cooke, author of Starry and Restless: Three Women Who Changed Work, Writing, and the World, tells us about journalist, author and travel writer Mickey Hahn. Get the book…
- Nancy Bernhard on “fallen” women and women's health in 1800s New York · 35 minNancy Bernhard, author of The Double Standard Sporting House, joins us to discuss “fallen” women in the U.S. in the 19th century and women’s health and medical treatments. Get…
- Nancy Hudgins on Ursula Nordstrom · 43 minNancy Hudgins joins us to discuss the subject of her middle-grade biography, Books Good Enough For You: The Storied Life of Ursula Nordstrom, Editor of Extraordinary Children’s…
- Dr Nina Baker on Scottish merchant navy seawomen · 40 minDr Nina Baker tells us about the women in her book, “Supposed Killed or Drowned by Enemy Action at Sea,” about Scottish merchant navy women who died as a result of enemy action…
- Dr Lorana Bartels on victimization and criminality · 45 minDr Lorana Bartels is a Professor of Criminology at the Australian National University and Adjunct Professor of Law at the University of Canberra and University of Tasmania. We…
- Pamela Toler on Sigrid Schultz · 42 minHistorian Pamela Toler introduces us to Sigrid Schultz, the subject of her biography The Dragon From Chicago: The Untold Story of an American Reporter in Nazi Germany. Get the…
- Dr Beth Hubble on Fatema Mernissi · 39 minRegular listeners may recognize Dr. Beth Hubble, professor of Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies at the University of Montana, from previous episodes about transgender…
- Sheila Isenberg on Muriel Gardiner · 45 minBiographer Sheila Isenberg joins us to discuss the subject of her book, Muriel's War: An American Heiress in the Nazi Resistance. Get the book…
- Dr Alison Parker on Mary Hamilton · 1 h 21 minDr. Alison Parker, Richards Professor of American History at the University of Delaware, tells us about her research into the life and work of Civil Rights activist Mary…
- Lydia Reeder on Charlotte Perkins Gilman and the rest cure · 48 minLydia Reeder, author of The Cure for Women: Dr. Mary Putnam Jacobi and The Challenge to Victorian Medicine that Changed Women's Lives Forever returns to discuss another part of…
- Dr Suzanne Leonard on feminist marriage · 49 minDr Suzanne Leonard, Professor of Race, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at Simmons University, is the author of the upcoming book, A Feminist Guide to Marriage, as well as Wife…
- Dr Beth Hubble on Walatta Petros · 47 minDr. Beth Hubble, professor of Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies at the University of Montana, returns to tell us about 17th-century Ethiopian noblewoman turned nun Walatta…
- Madeleine Thompson on Clara Barton · 56 minMadeleine Thompson, Site Administrator for the Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office Museum in Washington D.C., tells us about the life and legacy of the founder of the American…
