What'sHerName
By Dr. Katie Nelson and Olivia Meikle
What’sHerName puts the women back into world history. Hosts Dr. Katie Nelson and Olivia Meikle are professors-turned-podcasters (and sisters!) Weaving interviews with experts into vivid, nuanced biographies, What'sHerName women's history podcast tells the stories of fascinating women you’ve never heard of (but should have). Fascinating and funny, thought-provoking and insightful. New episodes biweekly Mondays.
Episodes (2)
What'sHerName
THE CASTAWAY Marguerite de La Rocque
Marguerite de la Roque, a 16th-century French noblewoman, was marooned on a desolate island in the Gulf of St. Lawrence for two and a half years after her guardian, a powerful nobleman, punished her for an illicit affair. The story, drawn from fragmented and c
What'sHerName
THE PORTRAITIST Louise-Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun
Louise-Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun, a trailblazing female artist in 18th-century France, defied the odds by becoming the queen’s favorite painter despite a world stacked against women in art. Born in 1755 to a pastel artist and a hairdresser, she was self-taught t
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