Grab this one for your fiber arts circle! For Women’s History Month 2025 we’re reading the feminist classic Women’s Work: The First 20,000 Years by Elizabeth Wayland Barber. Join Victoria and Katherine as they piece together the history of fabric, weigh the merits of various disciples (ethnography, linguistics, archaeology and more!) and consider what Barber still has to contribute to the ongoing project of women’s history.
Donate to the RHP Women in World History textbook open access campaign: https://donorbox.org/publish-the-rhp-textbooks
And learn more about the Remedial Herstory Project at www.remedialherstory.com
Check out the Women's and Gender History Book Club socials at https://linktr.ee/wghbc
We also name checked a few other excellent books and podcasts:
The History of English (Kevin Stroud): https://historyofenglishpodcast.com/
The Children of Ash and Elm (Neil Price): https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/298807/the-children-of-ash-and-elm-by-price-neil/9780141984445
The Fabric of Civilization (Virginia Postrel): https://www.vpostrel.com/the-fabric-of-civilization
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Host: Victoria Plutshack and Katherine Coumes
Editor: Tyler Cardwell
Producer: Haley Brook
