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Her Voice: Ladies who writeOlympe de GougesThis podcast recounts the peculiar life and work of French playwright-turned-activist, Olympe de Gouges. We take a deeper look into her most famous work, The Declaration of the Rights of Woman and the Female Citizen, which demanded gender equality in post-Revolution France.2021-05-2717 min
Her Voice: Ladies who writeZora Neale HurstonThis episode explores the life and work of pioneering African American writer and anthropologist Zora Neale Hurston. As a participant in the famous Harlem Renaissance of the early 20th century Hurston’s literary work, including “Their Eyes are Watching God” and “Mule Bone” offer insight into issues that would later be known as intersectional feminism.2021-05-1223 min
Her Voice: Ladies who writeNisia FlorestaThis episode explores the work of a 19th century Brazilian feminist who promoted the education of women in Brazil and who was active in anti-slavery campaigns of the period2021-05-1232 min
Her Voice: Ladies who writebell hooksThis episode looks at the life of bell hooks and offers some commentary on her important work “Ain’t I a Woman”.2021-05-1220 min
Her Voice: Ladies who writeHypatiaThis episode explores the mysterious figure of Hypatia who is claimed to be the first mathematician.2021-05-1117 min
Her Voice: Ladies who writeKathryn Sophia BellThis episode explores the work of Catherine Sophia Bell, a contemporary philosopher who has organised the Collegium of Black female philosophers, as a safe place for women philosophers of colour2021-05-1115 min
Her Voice: Ladies who writeBeverly McLachlinThis episode charts the contributions of the first woman chief justice of the Canadian Supreme Court, Beverly McLachlin, and offers insights from her recently published autobiography2021-05-1117 min
Her Voice: Ladies who writeAspasiaThis episode explores the life and presumed work and influence of Aspasia, companion to Pericles, in 5th century BCE Athens2021-05-1115 min
Her Voice: Ladies who writeEmma GoldmannThis episode sketches the life and activism of notable 20th century anarchist Emma Goldmann2021-05-1115 min
Her Voice: Ladies who writeFanny RaoulThis episode offers an introduction to a staunch defender of women’s rights living in a time of great political upheaval in France through the revolution and into the early 19th century.2021-05-1118 min
Her Voice: Ladies who writeRuth Bader GinsburgThis episode celebrates the life and accomplishments of the American Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.2021-05-1131 min
Her Voice: Ladies who writeSimone de BeavoirThis episode offers a critical perspective on the life and contributions of Simone de Beauvoir, best known author of The Second Sex.2021-05-1121 min
Her Voice: Ladies who writeEmilie du ChateletThis episode is devoted to the life and work of the 18th century genius Emilie du Chatelet who edited a translation of Isaac Newton’s Principia explaining the basics of Newtonian mathematics to the French public. She also was an accomplished mathematician in her own right2021-05-1121 min
Her Voice: Ladies who writeHannah ArendtThis episode engages with the life and work of Hannah Arendt whose work has often been controversial for feminists. Hannah Arendt famously reputed calling herself a feminist even though she broke many barriers for women intellectuals in 20th century America. She is perhaps best known for her reported on the Eichmann trial as well as her work The Human Condition.2021-05-1115 min
Her Voice: Ladies who writeNana Asma’uThis episode explores the life and work of 19th century Nigeria author Nana Asma’u who through her poetry offered women a vision of feminism compatible with Islamic piety under the Sokoto Caliphate.2021-05-1117 min
Her Voice: Ladies who writeKimberle CrenshawThis episode explores the life and work of the contemporary African American theorist Kimberle Crenshaw who coined the term ‘intersectionality’ allowing for deeper analysis of feminist issues in relation to marginalised communities.2021-05-1119 min
Her Voice: Ladies who writeCharlotte Perkins GilmanThis episode looks at the work of early 20th century American author Charlotte Perkins Gilman, with special reference to her famous short story “The Yellow Wallpaper.”2021-05-1117 min
Her Voice: Ladies who writeAngela DavisThis episode looks at the tumultuous life of twentieth century American feminist icon Angela Davis and discusses a couple of her works including “Are Prison’s Obsolete?” and “Women, Rights and Class”.2021-05-1117 min
Her Voice: Ladies who writeMary AstellThis episode explores the life and work of 17th century English thinker Mary Astell, best known for her promotion of women’s education in her work “A Serious Proposal to the Ladies.” She is sometimes called the first English feminist.2021-05-1123 min
Her Voice: Ladies who writeHipparchiaThis episode offers an overview of the life, and what we know of the work, of the ancient thinker and early Cynic philosopher Hipparchia. She may be one of the first examples in the Western tradition of a woman who refuses to live according to established conventions in order to assert her autonomy.2021-05-1127 min
Her Voice: Ladies who writeEmily NasrallahThis episode explores the life and work of the 20th century Lebanese fiction writer Emily Nasrallah, whose work addresses the concerns and particular suffering of women in the context of a society torn by civil war2021-05-1126 min
Her Voice: Ladies who writeHarriet Taylor MillThis episode devoted to the life and work of Harriet Taylor Mill seeks to unpack the questions surrounding her influence on John Stuart Mill and of her radical defense for her day of women’s right to autonomy and political representation and suffrage rights.2021-05-1124 min
Her Voice: Ladies who writeAndrea DworkinThis episode studies the life and work of the radical contemporary feminist Andrea Dworkin. She is perhaps best known for her critique of pornography and for establishing the Take Back the Night demonstrations.2021-05-1129 min
Her Voice: Ladies who writeZora Neale HurstonThis episode explores the life and work of pioneering African American writer and anthropologist Zora Neale Hurston. As a participant in the famous Harlem Renaissance of the early 20th century Hurston’s literary work, including “Their Eyes are Watching God” and “Mule Bone” offer insight into issues that would later be known as intersectional feminism.2021-05-1123 min
Her Voice: Ladies who writeMay ZiadehThis episode explores the life and work of May Ziadeh, an intellectual living in Cairo in the early twentieth century and who wrote such stories as “Uncle Abu Hassan receives guests,” and “Women and work”.2021-05-1120 min
Her Voice: Ladies who writeIntroduction by Professor Rebecca KingstonThis is a series for those interested in learning more about women writers, intellectuals and activists, women who deserve to be known better than they are. Episodes of the podcast were written and presented by students at the University of Toronto enrolled in a course devoted to the study of women writers in the history of political thought. The podcast is inspired in part by Christine de Pizan’s Book of the City of Ladies (1405). The series is a means to create and extend a virtual pantheon of women who have made important contributions to the history of ideas, to...2021-05-1103 min