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 wha...
We dive into the life of Medieval anchoress, Isabel German.In the 1400s, Isabel chose to leave the world behind and was bricked up into a small cell in a York Church, with only a small window for light, air, and the passing of food and waste. Why did she do it? What would her life have been like? Laura Yeoman from the Borthwick Institute at the University of York takes Amy and Emma on a journey through archival records to find out... including a never-before-shared discovery that shakes up our knowledge of Medieval York!
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Episode 009 - Deolinda Rodrigues
This week, Amy and Emma learn about Angolan poet and freedom-fighter, Deolinda Rodrigues from Dame Rosie Stevenson-Goodknight, co-founder of Wikipedia's Women in Red project. They also launch a brand new initiative in celebration of Women's History Month 2025.
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Episode 008 - April Ashley
FOR IMAGES DISCUSSED IN THIS EPISODE, PLEASE VISIT www.kickasswomenofhistory.comThis week, Amy and Emma are joined by Kay Jones, Lead Curator of Urban and community History at the Museum of Liverpool, to discuss the incredible life of April Ashley.From the merchant navy, to Paris nightclubs and modelling for Vogue, we explore the ups and downs of April's life. One of the first Brits to undergo gender-affirming surgery, April never had it easy but she persevered and became an inspiration for trans and non-binary people around the world.
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Episode 007 - 17th Century Printers of York
Amy and Emma are joined by Sarah Griffin of the University of York (UK) to discuss the lives of Alice Broad and Grace White, two generations of women who were pioneers in the print trade in post-Reformation York.
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Episode 006 - DAWN & The UN Decade for Women
Dr Imaobong Umoren from the London School of Economics and Politics joins Amy and Emma to celebrate mark 50 years since the UN announced their Decade for Women.What impact did it have on women's opportunities around the globe?How did it lead to the birth of Development Alternatives with Women for a New Era (DAWN), a transnational feminist network of scholars, researchers and activists from the global South?
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 they didn't teach us in school. We'll be exploring the lives of strong and incredible women from around the globe and from throughout human history.
Our aim is to share diverse stories of women who made a difference - to their family, village, country or the whole world. That could be 5 years ago, or 5000. Each episode, we'll be joined by a different historian who'll be sharing the life of their history heroine.
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