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Bloody Brilliant Women
- The Pioneers, Revolutionaries and Geniuses Your History Teacher Forgot to Mention
- By: Cathy Newman
- Narrated by: Cathy Newman
- Length: 10 hrs and 42 mins
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A fresh, opinionated history of all the brilliant women you should have learned about in school but didn’t....
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well researched, well written, well presented
- By Anonymous User on 30-10-19
By: Cathy Newman
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Women in Intelligence
- The Hidden History of Two World Wars
- By: Helen Fry
- Narrated by: Gemma Dawson
- Length: 17 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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A groundbreaking history of women in British intelligence, Women in Intelligence reveals their pivotal role across the first half of the twentieth century....
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What a Disappointment
- By James on 20-03-24
By: Helen Fry
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The Once and Future Sex
- Going Medieval on Women's Roles in Society
- By: Eleanor Janega
- Narrated by: Samara Naeymi
- Length: 7 hrs and 33 mins
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A vibrant and illuminating exploration of medieval thinking on women's beauty, sexuality, and behavior....
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Books like this make me love history
- By Amazon Customer on 18-01-24
By: Eleanor Janega
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Warrior Queens & Quiet Revolutionaries
- How Women (Also) Built the World
- By: Kate Mosse
- Narrated by: Jade Anouka, Kate Mosse
- Length: 12 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Warrior Queens & Quiet Revolutionaries is a celebration of unheard and under-heard women’s history....
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Loved it and a gift for Quiet Revolutionaries
- By Catriona Ferris on 18-02-24
By: Kate Mosse
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Toksvig's Almanac 2021
- An Eclectic Meander Through the Historical Year by Sandi Toksvig
- By: Sandi Toksvig
- Narrated by: Sandi Toksvig
- Length: 9 hrs and 14 mins
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Let Sandi Toksvig guide you on an eclectic meander through the calendar, illuminating neglected corners of history to tell tales of the fascinating figures you didn't learn about at school....
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Fabulous!
- By Pen Name on 23-11-20
By: Sandi Toksvig
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Anne Boleyn
- 500 Years of Lies
- By: Hayley Nolan
- Narrated by: Hayley Nolan
- Length: 11 hrs and 28 mins
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In this electrifying exposé, Hayley Nolan explores for the first time the full, uncensored evidence of Anne Boleyn’s life and relationship with Henry VIII, revealing the shocking suppression of a powerful woman....
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Dreadful narration ruins what could be a good book
- By Ke Donn on 12-12-19
By: Hayley Nolan
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Bloody Brilliant Women
- The Pioneers, Revolutionaries and Geniuses Your History Teacher Forgot to Mention
- By: Cathy Newman
- Narrated by: Cathy Newman
- Length: 10 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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A fresh, opinionated history of all the brilliant women you should have learned about in school but didn’t....
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well researched, well written, well presented
- By Anonymous User on 30-10-19
By: Cathy Newman
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Women in Intelligence
- The Hidden History of Two World Wars
- By: Helen Fry
- Narrated by: Gemma Dawson
- Length: 17 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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A groundbreaking history of women in British intelligence, Women in Intelligence reveals their pivotal role across the first half of the twentieth century....
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What a Disappointment
- By James on 20-03-24
By: Helen Fry
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The Once and Future Sex
- Going Medieval on Women's Roles in Society
- By: Eleanor Janega
- Narrated by: Samara Naeymi
- Length: 7 hrs and 33 mins
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A vibrant and illuminating exploration of medieval thinking on women's beauty, sexuality, and behavior....
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Books like this make me love history
- By Amazon Customer on 18-01-24
By: Eleanor Janega
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Warrior Queens & Quiet Revolutionaries
- How Women (Also) Built the World
- By: Kate Mosse
- Narrated by: Jade Anouka, Kate Mosse
- Length: 12 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Warrior Queens & Quiet Revolutionaries is a celebration of unheard and under-heard women’s history....
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Loved it and a gift for Quiet Revolutionaries
- By Catriona Ferris on 18-02-24
By: Kate Mosse
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Toksvig's Almanac 2021
- An Eclectic Meander Through the Historical Year by Sandi Toksvig
- By: Sandi Toksvig
- Narrated by: Sandi Toksvig
- Length: 9 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Let Sandi Toksvig guide you on an eclectic meander through the calendar, illuminating neglected corners of history to tell tales of the fascinating figures you didn't learn about at school....
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Fabulous!
- By Pen Name on 23-11-20
By: Sandi Toksvig
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Anne Boleyn
- 500 Years of Lies
- By: Hayley Nolan
- Narrated by: Hayley Nolan
- Length: 11 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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In this electrifying exposé, Hayley Nolan explores for the first time the full, uncensored evidence of Anne Boleyn’s life and relationship with Henry VIII, revealing the shocking suppression of a powerful woman....
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Dreadful narration ruins what could be a good book
- By Ke Donn on 12-12-19
By: Hayley Nolan
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The Slow Moon Climbs
- The Science, History, and Meaning of Menopause
- By: Susan Mattern
- Narrated by: Jennifer Woodward
- Length: 15 hrs and 55 mins
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The Slow Moon Climbs casts menopause, at last, in the positive light it deserves - not only as an essential life stage, but also as a key factor in the history of human flourishing....
By: Susan Mattern
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The Ladder
- Life Lessons from Women Who Scaled the Heights & Dodged the Snakes
- By: Cathy Newman
- Narrated by: Harriet Dunlop
- Length: 6 hrs and 40 mins
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The Ladder brings together discussions between women – about work, love, growth, challenge, the big decisions and the stories of their lives....
By: Cathy Newman
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Women Money Power
- The Rise and Fall of Economic Equality
- By: Josie Cox
- Narrated by: Josie Cox
- Length: 10 hrs and 19 mins
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In Women Money Power, business journalist Josie Cox tells the story of women’s fight for freedom and economic equality....
By: Josie Cox
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Calling Sergeant Crockford
- By: Ruth D'Alessandro
- Narrated by: Rachel Atkins
- Length: 10 hrs and 10 mins
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It's the dawn of the Swinging Sixties. The Cold War is at its height and support for the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament is building. The Berkshire Constabulary's Detective Gwen Crockford is promoted to Woman Police Sergeant in Newbury – the town at the heart of Britain's atomic weapons program.
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Raising Our Hands
- How White Women Can Stop Avoiding Hard Conversations, Start Accepting Responsibility, and Find Our Place on the New Frontlines
- By: Jenna Arnold
- Narrated by: Brittany Pressley
- Length: 12 hrs and 38 mins
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Raising Our Hands is the reckoning cry for white women. It asks us to step up and join the new front lines of the fight against complacency - in our homes, in our behaviors, and in our own minds....
By: Jenna Arnold
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Embroidering Her Truth
- Mary, Queen of Scots and the Language of Power
- By: Clare Hunter
- Narrated by: Siobhan Redmond
- Length: 14 hrs and 9 mins
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At her execution Mary, Queen of Scots wore red. Widely known as the colour of strength and passion, it was in fact worn by Mary as the Catholic symbol of martyrdom....
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Fabulous
- By Mr Damian Burgess on 25-08-22
By: Clare Hunter
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A Spell in the Wild
- A Year (and Six Centuries) of Magic
- By: Alice Tarbuck
- Narrated by: Alice Tarbuck
- Length: 13 hrs and 13 mins
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In A Spell in the Wild, Alice Tarbuck explores what it means to be a witch today. Rooted in the real world, but filled with spells, rituals and recipes, this audiobook is an accessible, seasonal guide to witchcraft in the 21st century....
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Fascinating
- By Loves Reading on 02-12-20
By: Alice Tarbuck
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A History of the World in 21 Women
- By: Jenni Murray
- Narrated by: Jenni Murray
- Length: 8 hrs and 44 mins
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Boadicea battled the Romans. Nancy Astor fought in Parliament. Emmeline Pankhurst campaigned for female suffrage. Elizabeth Garrett Anderson became a pioneering physician in a man’s profession. Mary Quant revolutionised the fashion industry....
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so disappointing
- By Jennifer Chennell on 16-09-18
By: Jenni Murray
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Love and Marriage in the Age of Jane Austen
- By: Rory Muir
- Narrated by: Sarah Coomes
- Length: 16 hrs and 47 mins
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Marriage is at the center of Jane Austen’s novels. But what were love and marriage like in reality? Rory Muir uncovers the excitements and disappointments of courtship and the pains and pleasures of marriage, drawing on fascinating first-hand accounts as well as novels of Regency England....
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is this an AI voice?
- By t bentham on 30-03-24
By: Rory Muir
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The Unfinished Palazzo
- By: Judith Mackrell
- Narrated by: Julia Franklin
- Length: 16 hrs and 38 mins
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Commissioned in 1750, the Palazzo Venier was planned as a testimony to the power and wealth of a great Venetian family, but the fortunes of the Venier family waned....
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A true Venetian time
- By Mackenzie5 on 07-02-24
By: Judith Mackrell
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Seven Women
- And the Secret of Their Greatness
- By: Eric Metaxas
- Narrated by: Tom Parks
- Length: 7 hrs
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Eric Metaxas gives us seven captivating portraits of some of history's greatest women, all of whom changed the course of history by following God's call upon their lives - as women....
By: Eric Metaxas
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Cleopatra
- The Queen Who Challenged Rome and Conquered Eternity
- By: Alberto Angela
- Narrated by: Derek Perkins
- Length: 14 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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One of Italy’s most revered cultural figures reconstructs the extraordinary life of the legendary Cleopatra at the height of her power in this epic story of passion, intrigue, betrayal, and war....
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Started off well but was really terrible.
- By Samantha on 04-05-21
By: Alberto Angela
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Rise Up Women!
- The Remarkable Lives of the Suffragettes
- By: Diane Atkinson
- Narrated by: Deryn Edwards
- Length: 22 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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On 6 February 1918, after campaigning for over 50 years, British women were finally granted the vote. A hundred years on, it is time to reflect on the daring and painful struggle....
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Not Just the Pankhursts
- By Dr on 14-02-18
By: Diane Atkinson
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They Saw the Elephant
- Women in the California Gold Rush
- By: JoAnn Levy
- Narrated by: Beverly Ann Astley
- Length: 9 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Many of the women who went west for the gold rush shared the same eagerness for adventure as the men (in contrast to the conventional image of the long-suffering martyr accompanying her husband)....
By: JoAnn Levy
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Last Woman Hanged
- The Terrible True Story of Louisa Collins
- By: Caroline Overington
- Narrated by: Jennifer Vuletic
- Length: 9 hrs and 33 mins
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In January 1889, Louisa Collins, a mother of 10 children, became the first woman hanged at Darlinghurst Gaol and the last woman hanged in New South Wales. Both of Louisa's husbands had died suddenly and the Crown, convinced that Louisa poisoned them with arsenic, put her on trial....
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Interesting and thought provoking
- By Book Lover on 24-02-22
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The Rise and Fall of Patriarchy: Herstory
- A Historical Novel About Gender Reconciliation (Journey of Lives, Book 1)
- By: Kenneth Edwin Sloan
- Narrated by: Stephanie Barton-Farcas
- Length: 12 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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The patriarchy has not been with us forever. There is archaeological evidence that until the late neolithic period (around 2500 B.C.E.) human communities were egalitarian or matriarchal.
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How to Think Like a Woman
- Four Women Philosophers Who Taught Me How to Love the Life of the Mind
- By: Regan Penaluna
- Narrated by: Angie Kane
- Length: 8 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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In How to Think Like a Woman, Penaluna blends memoir, biography, and criticism to tell the stories of four women, weaving throughout an alternative history of philosophy. This is a moving meditation on what philosophy could look like if women were treated equally....
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I ABSOLUTELY LOVE THIS BOOK
- By N on 11-01-24
By: Regan Penaluna
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Flowers of Fire
- The Inside Story of South Korea's Feminist Movement and What It Means for Women's Rights Worldwide
- By: Hawon Jung
- Narrated by: Kathleen Li
- Length: 10 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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Author Hawon Jung illuminates the strength and tenacity of trailblazing South Korea women who have taken to the streets, and takes the listener into the trenches of the fight for gender equality....
By: Hawon Jung
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Etta Lemon
- The Woman Who Saved the Birds
- By: Tessa Boase
- Narrated by: Tessa Boase
- Length: 12 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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A heroine for our times, Etta Lemon campaigned for 50 years against the worldwide slaughter of birds for extravagantly feathered hats....
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Surprising, gripping and unexpectedly moving
- By Susan on 06-06-18
By: Tessa Boase
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Hemingway's Widow
- The Life and Legacy of Mary Welsh Hemingway
- By: Tim Christian
- Narrated by: Tim Christian
- Length: 18 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Mary Welsh, a celebrated wartime journalist during the London Blitz and the liberation of Paris, meets Ernest Hemingway in May 1944. He becomes so infatuated with Mary that he asks her to marry him the third time they meet—although they are married to other people....
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A long overdue story
- By K. M. Wright on 17-02-24
By: Tim Christian
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The Families of Eleanor of Aquitaine
- A Female Network of Power in the Middle Ages
- By: J.F. Andrews
- Narrated by: Jennifer M. Dixon
- Length: 7 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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The lives of the sons of Eleanor of Aquitaine are the stuff of legend. Her daughters, however, are less well known, and the fascinating personalities of her daughters-in-law have been almost entirely overlooked, as have those of the daughters she bore Louis VII of France....
By: J.F. Andrews
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Women vs Hollywood
- The Fall and Rise of Women in Film
- By: Helen O'Hara
- Narrated by: Helen O'Hara
- Length: 11 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Hollywood was born just over a century ago, at a time of huge forward motion for women's rights. With no rules in place to stop them, there were women who forged ahead in many areas of filmmaking....
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Go Girls!
- By Nick Ord on 31-01-23
By: Helen O'Hara
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Virginia Hall: Most Dangerous
- Women of War, Book 4
- By: History Nerds
- Narrated by: Ailish Jeffers
- Length: 2 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Virginia Hall: Most Dangerous unveils the extraordinary life of a remarkable woman who defied expectations, shattered barriers, and left an indelible mark on history....
By: History Nerds
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Daughters of Chivalry
- The Forgotten Princesses of King Edward Longshanks
- By: Kelcey Wilson-Lee
- Narrated by: Christine Rendel
- Length: 12 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Virginal, chaste, humble, patiently waiting for rescue by brave knights and handsome princes: this idealized—and largely mythical—notion of the medieval noblewoman still lingers. Yet the reality was very different....
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All the Rage
- Power, Pain, Pleasure: Stories from the Frontline of Beauty 1860-1960
- By: Virginia Nicholson
- Narrated by: Elaine Claxton
- Length: 16 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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At the heart of this history is the female body. The century-span between the crinoline and the bikini witnessed more mutations in the ideal western woman's body shape than at any other period. In this richly detailed account, Virginia Nicholson takes us to the Frontline of Beauty to reveal the power, the pain and the pleasure involved in adorning the female body. Encompassing two world wars and a revolution in women's rights, All the Rage tells the story of western female beauty from 1860 to 1960.
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The Rise and Fall of Patriarchy: Herstory
- A Historical Novel About Gender Reconciliation (Journey of Lives, Book 1)
- By: Kenneth Edwin Sloan
- Narrated by: Stephanie Barton-Farcas
- Length: 12 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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The patriarchy has not been with us forever. There is archaeological evidence that until the late neolithic period (around 2500 B.C.E.) human communities were egalitarian or matriarchal. But then a combination of environmental and social forces drove a dramatic change: men became the masters and the lawgivers and repressed any resistance to their dominion at the personal as well as at the religious, social and political levels.
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Warriors' Wives
- Ancient Greek Myth and Modern Experience
- By: Emma Bridges
- Narrated by: Lucy Rayner
- Length: 9 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Epic poetry and tragic drama provide us with some of the richest ancient Greek depictions of women who are married to soldiers. In tales of the Trojan War, as told by Homer, Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides, we encounter these mythical warriors' wives: Penelope, isolated but resourceful as she awaits the return of Odysseus after his lengthy absence; the war widow Andromache, enslaved and displaced from her homeland after the fall of Troy; the unfaithful and murderous Clytemnestra; and Tecmessa, a war captive who witnesses her partner's breakdown and suicide in the aftermath of battle.
By: Emma Bridges
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Who Is a Worthy Mother?
- An Intimate History of Adoption
- By: Rebecca Wellington
- Narrated by: April Doty
- Length: 7 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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Nearly every person in the United States is affected by adoption. In the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court's overturning of Roe v. Wade, the renewed debate over women's reproductive rights places an even greater emphasis on adoption. Wellington's timely–and deeply researched–account amplifies previously marginalized voices and exposes the social and racial biases embedded in the United States' adoption industry.
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Calling Sergeant Crockford
- By: Ruth D'Alessandro
- Narrated by: Rachel Atkins
- Length: 10 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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It's the dawn of the Swinging Sixties. The Cold War is at its height and support for the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament is building. The Berkshire Constabulary's Detective Gwen Crockford is promoted to Woman Police Sergeant in Newbury – the town at the heart of Britain's atomic weapons program. Gwen's initial reservations that her posting in rural Berkshire will be boring soon prove to be unfounded. A serial sex attacker on the loose, an attempted murder at Greenham Common US Airforce Base, and a charismatic heiress with a family secret keep things interesting for the capable sergeant.
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Strong Passions
- A Scandalous Divorce in Old New York
- By: Barbara Weisberg
- Narrated by: Elisabeth Ashby
- Length: 8 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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What could possibly go wrong in a wealthy matriarch's country home when her dilettante son, his restless wife, and his widowed brother live there together? Strong Passions, rooted in the beguiling times of Edith Wharton's "old New York," recounts the true story of a tumultuous marriage.
By: Barbara Weisberg
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All the Rage
- Power, Pain, Pleasure: Stories from the Frontline of Beauty 1860-1960
- By: Virginia Nicholson
- Narrated by: Elaine Claxton
- Length: 16 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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At the heart of this history is the female body. The century-span between the crinoline and the bikini witnessed more mutations in the ideal western woman's body shape than at any other period. In this richly detailed account, Virginia Nicholson takes us to the Frontline of Beauty to reveal the power, the pain and the pleasure involved in adorning the female body. Encompassing two world wars and a revolution in women's rights, All the Rage tells the story of western female beauty from 1860 to 1960.
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The Rise and Fall of Patriarchy: Herstory
- A Historical Novel About Gender Reconciliation (Journey of Lives, Book 1)
- By: Kenneth Edwin Sloan
- Narrated by: Stephanie Barton-Farcas
- Length: 12 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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The patriarchy has not been with us forever. There is archaeological evidence that until the late neolithic period (around 2500 B.C.E.) human communities were egalitarian or matriarchal. But then a combination of environmental and social forces drove a dramatic change: men became the masters and the lawgivers and repressed any resistance to their dominion at the personal as well as at the religious, social and political levels.
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Warriors' Wives
- Ancient Greek Myth and Modern Experience
- By: Emma Bridges
- Narrated by: Lucy Rayner
- Length: 9 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Performance
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Epic poetry and tragic drama provide us with some of the richest ancient Greek depictions of women who are married to soldiers. In tales of the Trojan War, as told by Homer, Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides, we encounter these mythical warriors' wives: Penelope, isolated but resourceful as she awaits the return of Odysseus after his lengthy absence; the war widow Andromache, enslaved and displaced from her homeland after the fall of Troy; the unfaithful and murderous Clytemnestra; and Tecmessa, a war captive who witnesses her partner's breakdown and suicide in the aftermath of battle.
By: Emma Bridges
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Who Is a Worthy Mother?
- An Intimate History of Adoption
- By: Rebecca Wellington
- Narrated by: April Doty
- Length: 7 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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Nearly every person in the United States is affected by adoption. In the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court's overturning of Roe v. Wade, the renewed debate over women's reproductive rights places an even greater emphasis on adoption. Wellington's timely–and deeply researched–account amplifies previously marginalized voices and exposes the social and racial biases embedded in the United States' adoption industry.
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Calling Sergeant Crockford
- By: Ruth D'Alessandro
- Narrated by: Rachel Atkins
- Length: 10 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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It's the dawn of the Swinging Sixties. The Cold War is at its height and support for the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament is building. The Berkshire Constabulary's Detective Gwen Crockford is promoted to Woman Police Sergeant in Newbury – the town at the heart of Britain's atomic weapons program. Gwen's initial reservations that her posting in rural Berkshire will be boring soon prove to be unfounded. A serial sex attacker on the loose, an attempted murder at Greenham Common US Airforce Base, and a charismatic heiress with a family secret keep things interesting for the capable sergeant.
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Strong Passions
- A Scandalous Divorce in Old New York
- By: Barbara Weisberg
- Narrated by: Elisabeth Ashby
- Length: 8 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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What could possibly go wrong in a wealthy matriarch's country home when her dilettante son, his restless wife, and his widowed brother live there together? Strong Passions, rooted in the beguiling times of Edith Wharton's "old New York," recounts the true story of a tumultuous marriage.
By: Barbara Weisberg
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The Liverbirds
- Our life in Britain's first female rock 'n' roll band
- By: Mary McGlory, Sylvia Saunders
- Narrated by: Mary McGlory, Sylvia Wiggins
- Length: 10 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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In the early '60s, four friends from Liverpool formed a band. But this is not the 'fab four' story we know... Mary, Sylvia, Valerie and Pamela - also known as The Liverbirds - were one of the world's first all-female rock'n'roll bands. At an early gig, backstage at the Cavern Club, a young John Lennon told them that 'girls don't play guitars'. But they took that as a challenge. Despite the early scepticism, they won over tough crowds, toured stadiums, recorded two hit albums, and played with the Kinks, Rolling Stones and Chuck Berry - all in the space of just five years.
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Authentic: felt from the heart: a really interesting take on a highly contested era!
- By Soapsoane on 24-03-24
By: Mary McGlory, and others
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Shakespeare's Sisters
- Four Women Who Wrote the Renaissance
- By: Ramie Targoff
- Narrated by: Hannah Curtis
- Length: 11 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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In an innovative and engaging narrative of everyday life in Shakespeare's England, Ramie Targoff carries us from the sumptuous coronation of Queen Elizabeth in the mid-16th century into the private lives of four women writers working at a time when women were legally the property of men: Mary Sidney, accomplished poet and sister of the famous Sir Philip Sidney; Aemilia Lanyer, the first woman in the 17th century to publish a book of original poetry; Elizabeth Cary, who published the first original play by a woman and Anne Clifford, a lifelong diarist.
By: Ramie Targoff
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Her Neighbor's Wife
- A History of Lesbian Desire Within Marriage (Politics and Culture in Modern America)
- By: Lauren Jae Gutterman
- Narrated by: Sheree Galpert
- Length: 12 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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In the late 1960s and 1970s, the lesbian feminist movement and the no-fault divorce revolution transformed the lives of wives who desired women. Women could now choose to divorce their husbands in order to lead openly lesbian or bisexual lives; increasingly, however, these women were confronted by hostile state discrimination, typically in legal battles over child custody. Well into the 1980s, many women remained ambivalent about divorce and resistant to labeling themselves as lesbian, therefore complicating a simple interpretation of their lives and relationship choices.
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Bringing Home the White House
- The Hidden History of Women Who Shaped the Presidency in the Twentieth Century
- By: Melissa Estes Blair
- Narrated by: Teri Schnaubelt
- Length: 7 hrs and 4 mins
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In Bringing Home the White House, Melissa Estes Blair introduces us to five fascinating yet unheralded women who were at the heart of campaigns to elect and reelect some of our most beloved presidents. By examining the roles of these political strategists in affecting the outcome of presidential elections, Blair sheds light on their historical importance and the relevance of their individual influence.
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Some Eminent Women of the 19th Century
- By: Dame Millicent Garrett Fawcett
- Narrated by: Lianne Walker
- Length: 8 hrs and 43 mins
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Some Eminent Women of Our Times (which has been renamed Some Eminent Women of the 19th century) was written by Dame Millicent Garrett Fawcett in 1889. It is available in the public domain and contains short biographies of various women who achieved great things both socially and in the literary field. The women Dame Millicent includes were singled out by her because of their unstinting dedication, selflessness, and in many cases bravery to do what they thought was right.
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A History of Women in 101 Objects
- A Walk Through Female History
- By: Annabelle Hirsch, Eleanor Updegraff - translator
- Narrated by: Gillian Anderson, Katy Hessel, Anita Rani, and others
- Length: 13 hrs and 12 mins
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This is a neglected history. No attempt at a sweeping, definitive, exhaustive history of the world but something quieter, more intimate and particular, told by Annabelle Hirsch through her selection of 101 objects, and now brought thrillingly alive for you by a chorus of 101 remarkable women in this ground-breaking audio release.
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Brilliant
- By Lee on 10-03-24
By: Annabelle Hirsch, and others
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Women Money Power
- The Rise and Fall of Economic Equality
- By: Josie Cox
- Narrated by: Josie Cox
- Length: 10 hrs and 19 mins
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In Women Money Power, business journalist Josie Cox tells the story of women’s fight for freedom and economic equality. This is an inspirational account of brave pioneers who took on social mores and the law, including the “Rosies,” who filled industrial jobs and helped win World War II, the heiress whose fortune helped create the birth control pill, the brassy banker who broke into the boys’ club of the New York Stock Exchange, and the namesake of landmark equal-pay legislation who refused to accept discrimination.
By: Josie Cox
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A History of Women in 101 Objects
- A Walk Through Female History
- By: Annabelle Hirsch, Eleanor Updegraff - translator
- Narrated by: Gillian Anderson, Katy Hessel, Anita Rani, and others
- Length: 13 hrs and 8 mins
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This is a neglected history. Not a sweeping, definitive, exhaustive history of the world but something quieter, more intimate and particular. A single journey, picked out in 101 objects, through the fascinating, too-often-overlooked, manifold histories of women. Through the variety and nuance in all these objects, Annabelle Hirsch has created a new history – teeming, unexpected, witty and always illuminating.
By: Annabelle Hirsch, and others
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Unruly Figures
- Twenty Tales of Rebels, Rulebreakers, and Revolutionaries You've (Probably) Never Heard Of
- By: Valorie Castellanos Clark
- Narrated by: April Doty
- Length: 6 hrs and 56 mins
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Unruly Figures gives you access to the lives and often—untold stories of twenty of history's most fascinating individuals. Of all the rebels and revolutionaries who have acted around the world, these are often overlooked. Whether they are a bit familiar or entirely new to you, each of these historical figures provides a vivid example of what it means to live life on one's own terms and have a lasting influence on society.
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The Riddles of the Sphinx
- Inheriting the Feminist History of the Crossword Puzzle
- By: Anna Shechtman
- Narrated by: Anna Shechtman
- Length: 8 hrs and 18 mins
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The indisputable “queen of crosswords,” Anna Shechtman published her first New York Times puzzle at age nineteen, and later, spearheaded the The New Yorker’s popular crossword section. Working with a medium often criticized as exclusionary, elitist, and out-of-touch, Anna is one of very few women in the field of puzzle making, where she strives to make the everyday diversion more diverse.
By: Anna Shechtman
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Unbecoming a Lady
- The Forgotten Sluts and Shrews That Shaped America
- By: Therese Oneill
- Narrated by: Betsy Foldes Meiman, Chanté McCormick
- Length: 3 hrs and 42 mins
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Slut. Shrew. Sinful. Scold. The 19th- and early 20th-century American women profiled in this collection were called all these names and worse when they were alive. And that’s just fine. These glorious dames earned those monikers, and one hundred years later they can wear them proudly! With irresistible charm and laugh-out-loud impertinence, New York Times bestselling author Therese Oneill chronicles the lives of eighteen unbecoming ladies whose audacity, courage, and sheer disdain for lady-like expectations left them out of so many history books.
By: Therese Oneill
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The Ladder
- Life Lessons from Women Who Scaled the Heights & Dodged the Snakes
- By: Cathy Newman
- Narrated by: Harriet Dunlop
- Length: 6 hrs and 40 mins
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The Ladder brings together discussions between women – about work, love, growth, challenge, the big decisions and the stories of their lives. Offering inspiration and wise counsel from some of the world’s most acclaimed and influential women, this book is an insight and a trove of solidarity, turning over ideas of change, anger, illness, imposter syndrome, self-knowledge, purpose, how to not panic in a crisis and how to stop worrying you’re boring when there isn’t one.
By: Cathy Newman