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Episodes 11-20
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- S1E11 Equal Pay and Ida Tarbell
- S1E12 Equal Rights Amendment
- S1E13 Culture Wars and the Frontier PART 1
- S1E14 Culture Wars and the Frontier PART 2
- S1E15 Women's Historians and Primary Sources
- S1E16 Education and Nuns
- S1E17 Blanks and Goddess Worship
- S1E18 Thanksgiving and Other
- S1E19 Feminist Pedagogy and the Triangle Fire
- S1E20 Mrs. So and so, Peggy Eaton, and the Trail of Tears
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Episodes 21-30
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- S1E21 First Ladies and Holiday Parties
- S1E22 Sarah, Mary, and Virginity
- S1E23 Hiding and Jackie O
- S1E24 Well Behaved Women and Early Christianity
- S1E25 Muslim Women and their History
- S1E26 Written Out Alice Paul
- S1E27 Blocked and Kamala Harris
- S1E28 Clandestine Work and Virginia Hall
- S1E29 Didn't Get There, Maggie Hassan and the Fabulous Five
- S1E30 White Supremacy and the Black Panthers
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Episodes 31-40
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- S1E31 Thematic Instruction and Indigenous Women
- S1E32 Racism and Women in the Mexican American War
- S1E33 Covid Crisis and Republican Motherhood
- S1E34 Burned Records and Black Women's Clubs
- S1E35 JSTOR and Reconstruction
- S1E36 Somebody's Wife and Hawaiian Missionary Wives
- S1E37 Taboo = Menstruation
- S1E38 What's her name? Health, Religion and Mary Baker Eddy PART 1
- S1E39 What's her name? Health, Religion and Mary Baker Eddy PART 1
- S1E40 Controversial and Reproductive Justice PART 1
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Episodes 41-50
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- S1E41 Controversial and Reproductive Justice PART 2
- S1E42 Sexual Assault and the Founding of Rome
- S1E43 Sexist Historians and Gudrid the Viking
- S1E44 Byzantine Intersectionality
- S1E45 Murder and Queens
- S1E46 Hindu Goddesses and the Third Gender
- S1E47 Women's Founding Documents
- S1E48 Women and Bletchley Park
- S1E49 Unknown Jewish Resistance Fighters
- S1E50 End of Year ONE!
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Season 2
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Empresses, Monarchs, and Politicians
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- S2E1 Let's Make HERSTORY!
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S2E2 Empresses, Monarchs, and Politicians: How did women rise to power in the Ancient world?
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Women Explorers and Pioneers
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- S2E29: Women Explorers and Pioneers: Who was the real Lady Lindy?
- S2E30: What is the heroine's journey of women in the west? With Meredith Eliassen
- S2E31: What is the lost history of the Statue of Freedom? with Katya Miller
- S2E32: Why did women explore the White Mountains? With Dr. Marcia Schmidt Blaine
- S2E33: How are native women telling their own stories? with Dr. Ferina King
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Women Explorers and Pioneers
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- S2E3 How did female sexuality lead to the rise and fall of Chinese empresses? with Dr. Cony Marquez
- S2E4 How did medieval women rise and why were they erased? With Shelley Puhak
- S2E5 Did English Queens Catherine of Aragon and Anne Boleyn have agency? with Chloe Gardner
- S2E6 Is Elizabeth a turning point in World History? with Deb Hunter
- S2E7 How did Maria Theresa transform modern Europe? With Dr. Barbara Stollber-Rilinger
- S2E8 Were Paul and Burns the turning point in women's suffrage? With Dr. Sidney Bland
- S2E9 Were the First Ladies just wives? With the First Ladies Man
- S2E10: How did ER use her position and influence to sway public opinion and influence politics? With Dr. Christy Regenhardt
- S2E11: Why was women’s fight for low level offices needed? With Dr. Elizabeth Katz
- S2E12 Should We Believe Anita Hill? With the Hashtag History Podcast
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Women Social Reformers
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- S2E13: Women in Social Reform: Should temperance have been intersectional?
- S2E14: Why are material culture artifacts reshaping our understanding of women's history? With Dr. Amy Forss
- S2E15: Did 19th institutionalizing and deinstitutionalizing healthcare make it safer? with Dr. Martha Libster
- S2E16: Why are the interconnections between women and their social reform movements important? With Dr. DeAnna Beachley
- S2E17: Did WWII really bring women into the workforce? With Dr. Dorothy Cobble
- S2E18: How have unwell women been treated in healthcare? With Dr. Elinor Cleghorn
- S2E19: How did MADD impact the culture of drunk driving?
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Women and War
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- S2E20: Women and War: How are Army Rangers still changing the game?
- S2E21: Should we remember Augustus for his war on women? With Dr. Barry Strauss
- S2E22: Were French women willing participants or collateral damage in imperialism? with Dr. Jack Gronau
- S2E23: Was Joan of Arc a heretic? With Jacqui Nelson
- S2E24: What changes did the upper class ladies of SC face as a result of the Civil War? with Annabelle Blevins Pifer
- S2E25: Were Soviets more open to gender equality? With Jacqui Nelson
- S2E26: Why Womanpower in the Women's Armed Services Integration Act of 1948? with Tanya Roth
- S2E27: What role did women play in the Vietnam War? with Dr. Barbara Tischler
- S2E28: Why were women drawn into the Anti-Vietnam Movement with Dr. Jessica Frazier
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Women in World Religions
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- S2E34: Women and World Religions: How did Confucianism’s enduring impact affect women in China?
- S2E35: What precedent is there for female Islamic leaders? with Dr. Shahla Haeri
- S2E36: Were Islamic Queens successful? with Dr. Shahla Haeri
- S2E37: Is there space for female Islamic leaders today? with Dr. Shahla Haeri
- S2E38: Were Protestant women just wives and mothers? with Caroline Taylor
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Women in Queer History
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- S2E39: Queer Women in History: How did one woman legalize gay marriage?
- S2E40: Was Title IX just about sports? with Sara Fitzgerald
- S2E41: Was Hildegard de Bingen gay? with Lauren Cole
- S2E42: What crimes were women accused of in the 17th and 18th Century? with Dr. Shannon Duffy
- S2E43: How should we define female friendships in the 19th century? with Dr. Alison Efford
- S2E44: Were gay bars a religious experience for gay people before Stonewall? with Dr. Marie Cartier
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Women and Business
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- S2E45: Women and Business: Do We still have far to go? With Ally Orr
- S2E46: How did 16th century English women manage businesses? with Dr. Katherine Koh
- S2E47: How did free women of color carve out space as entrepreneurs in Louisiana? with Dr. Evelyn Wilson
- S2E48: Who were the NH women in the suffrage movement? with Elizabeth DuBrulle
- S2E49: What gave Elizabeth Arden her business prowess? with Shelby Robert
- S2E50: End of Year Two
- BONUS DOBBS v. JACKSON WOMEN'S HEALTH
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Empresses, Monarchs, and Politicians
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- S3E1: Mahsa "Jani" Amini and the Women of Iran
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World History
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- 1. to 15,000 BCE Pre-History
- 2. to 15,000 BCE Goddesses
- 3. 10,000 BCE Agricultural Revolution
- 4. 4,000-1,000 BCE City States
- 5. 800-400 BCE Rome's Founding Myths
- 6. 800-300 BCE Asian Philosophies
- 7. 100 BCE - 100 CE Roman Empire
- 8. 100 BCE - 100 CE Han Empire
- 9. 0 CE Monotheism
- 10. 100-500 Silk Roads
- 11. 300-900 Age of Queens
- 12. 700-1200 Islam
- 13. 1000-1500 Feudalism
- 14. 900-1200 Crusades
- 15. 1200-1400 Mongols
- 16. 1300-1500 Renaissance and Ottomans
- 17. 1000-1600 New Worlds
- 18. 1000-1600 Explorers
- 19. 1450-1600 Reformation
- 20. 1500-1600 Encounters
- 21. 1500-1600 Slave Trade
- 22. 1700-1850 Enlightenment
- 23. 1600-1850 Asia
- 24. 1850-1950 Industrial Revolution
- 25. 1850-1950 Imperialism
- 26. 1900-1950 World Wars
- 27. 1950-1990 Decolonization
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US History
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- 1. Early North American Women
- 2. Women's Cultural Encounters
- 3. Women's Colonial Life
- 4. American Revolution
- 5. Republican Motherhood
- 6. Women and the Trail of Tears
- 7. Women in the Abolition Movement
- 8. Women and the West
- 9. Women in the Civil War
- 10. Women and Reconstruction
- 11. The Rise of NAWSA and NACWC
- 12. Women and Expansion
- 13. Women and Industrialization
- 14. Progressive Women
- 15. Women and World War I
- 16. Final Push for Woman Suffrage
- 17. The New Woman
- 18. Women and the Great Depression
- 19. Women and World War II
- 20. Post-War Women
- 21. Women and the Civil Rights Movement
- 22. Women and the Cold War
- 23. Reproductive Justice
- 24. The Feminist Era
- 25. Modern Women
- Resources
Documentaries
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Ascent of Woman: is a documentary about prehistoric and Ancient women's history across cultures.
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Witches: A Century of Murder is about the witch trials that plagued England under Kings James IV and I and Charles I.
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Taking Root is a documentary about the first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize, Wangari Maathai. She was from Kenya and her work was on environmental protection.
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The Last Duel highlights the way that rape was handled in medieval Europe. It barely passes the Bechdel Test, with main actors being the male characters, but the whole theme of sex, sexuality, and gender dynamics cannot be ignored.
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Elizabeth tells the story of Elizabeth's Golden era.
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Mary Queen of Scots is a film about the relationship between the Protestant Queen Elizabeth I of England and her Catholic cousin Mary Queen of Scots who challenged her throne.
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Catherine the Great is about the career of Catherine of Russia and her challenges as a female leader.
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The Favorite is about the interesting palace life of Queen Anne and her closest female confidants. This film expands upon rumors of lesbianism within the court.
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The Woman King is a film about the Dahomey "Amazons," women warriors who fought European imperialism in West Africa.
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Albert Nobbs is a film about the life of a poor woman living in 19th century Ireland who cross dresses in order to improve her station.
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Victoria and Abdul is a film about the interesting relationship between Queen Victoria and Abdul Karim, an Indian man who earned her confidence.
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Suffragette tells the stories of English women who grappled with a way to have their voices heard in the early movement.
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The Danish Girl is historical fiction based losely on the life and marriage of a transgender pioneer.
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A Call to Spy is about the first British and American women spies that worked on the ground in France during WWII.
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Frida is a film about the first Mexican woman to have her work displayed at the Louvre in Paris, FR.
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The White Queen and the series that follow are based on a historical fiction novel about the rise of the Tudor family in England. The main characters are the women, who through marriage gain and lose the crown.
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The Serpent Queen tells the story of Queen Catherine de Medici of France and the complexities of being a queen regent.
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The Tudors tells the story of Henry VIII and each of his six wives. Remember the old school tale: divorced, beheaded, died, divorced, beheaded, survived.
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Victoria is a TV series about the rise and career of Queen Victoria, whose reign spanned much of the 19th century.
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The Crown is a TV series that shows the rise and career of the current Queen of England, Elizabeth II. Her reign began shortly after WWII.
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How to teach with film
Remember, teachers want the student to be the historian. What do historians do when they watch films?
- Before they watch, ask students to research the director and producers. These are the source of the information. How will their background and experience likely bias this film?
- Also, ask students to consider the context the film was created in. The film may be about history, but it was made recently. What was going on the year the film was made that could bias the film? In particular, how do you think the gains of feminism will impact the portrayal of the female characters?
- As they watch, ask students to research the historical accuracy of the film. What do online sources say about what the film gets right or wrong?
- Afterward, ask students to describe how the female characters were portrayed and what lessons they got from the film.
- Then, ask students to evaluate this film as a learning tool. Was it helpful to better understand this topic? Did the historical inaccuracies make it unhelpful? Make it clear any informed opinion is valid.
