We are so excited to welcome back author and historian Gemma Hollman to the show in our first episode of season 3! Gemma joined us to talk about her new book The Queen and the Mistress: The Women of Edward III and the women whose story it tells- Philippa of Hainault and Alice Perrers. If you like this ep check out Gemma's book sold at all major retailers in the U.S and U.K as well as Amazon.
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This weeks episode we are meeting Byzantine besties Theodora and Antonina. Actresses that climbed up to social ladder in 6th century Byzantine empire. This is not an easy feat but it makes it easier to have your best gal pal by your side! This is part 1 of 2 where we meet our sisters and understand what its like to be a Byzantine woman in the early empire. This the beginning of a story you won't want to miss!
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In this episode, we talk about Aphra Behn and Nell Gwyn as individuals, so that next time we can talk about their sisterhood. But even alone, these women led interesting and impressive lives! Aphra was a novelist, poet, and and dramatist who was the first professional female writer in English. Nell started off as an actress, but amassed her wealth and property by being mistress to King Charles II. Listen to this episode of Sistory Untold to learn even more about these fascinating women!
Mary Astell and Lady Mary Wortley Montagu had a lot more in common than having a record book full of firsts— the first English feminist, the founder of the first school with an all female board of governors, the first English female travel writer, the first woman published in the Spectator. They were also connected by a passion for politics, a commitment to justice, and a strong friendship. Throughout their more than fifteen-year friendship, the women certainly influenced each other, and even the ends of their lives mirrored each other. Find out all about them in this episode of Sistory Untold!
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This week we are crossing the Irish sea to talk about the dark side of sisterhood through the magdalene laundries and the nuns who ran them. You will definitely be questioning who exactly are the sinners and who are the sisters. In classic Marva fashion this is not a light story to take in. Can sisterhood also be a source of evil? We hope to answer these questions in this weeks episode of Sistory Untold.
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