The Exploress
By Kate J. Armstrong, Carly A. Quinn
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Subscribers: 103
Reviews: 2
Episodes: 139
Luna
Apr 26, 2024
The Exploress has been a long time listen of mine. The storytelling and humor really bring together the fascinating history displayed in this podcast. It is one of my favorites!
Dawn
Feb 14, 2019
I just finished season one and am really looking forward to what comes next. a pleasure to listen to with some great stories and insight into the lives of women past. Thank you.
Description
Join us as we time travel through women's history, one era at a time. We'll explore the lived experiences and everyday lives of historical ladies, both famous and obscure, from a variety of different time periods, countries, and cultures. Let's go traveling.
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Empress Börte and Life for Women in the Mongol Empire
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Mar 30, 2026 |
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Giving Cleopatra Voice with Natasha Solomons
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Feb 11, 2026 |
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Empress Cleopatra of Ancient Egypt
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Jan 22, 2026 |
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Empress Theodora & Life for Women in the Byzantine Empire
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Dec 18, 2025 |
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Empress Taytu Betul & Life for Women in 19th-century Ethiopia
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Nov 26, 2025 |
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Women Who Ruled the World with Elizabeth Norton
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Nov 13, 2025 |
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The Voodoo Queen of New Orleans, Marie Laveau
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Oct 27, 2025 |
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Women's Medicine in the 19th Century (with a side of spice) with Adriana Herrera
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Oct 13, 2025 |
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Empress Nur Jahan & Life for Women in Mughal India
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Sep 25, 2025 |
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Empress Trailer
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Sep 24, 2025 |
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Heroines of the Harlem Renaissance with Victoria Christopher Murray
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Aug 05, 2025 |
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A Lady's Life in the Viking Age, Part 5: Shield Maidens and Sorceresses
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Jul 23, 2025 |
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A Lady's Life in the Viking Age, Part 4: Weavers, Traders, Raiders, and Slaves
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Jul 09, 2025 |
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Lesbian Fashion History with Eleanor Medhurst
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Jun 23, 2025 |
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The Wild Times of Julie D'Aubigny
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Jun 15, 2025 |
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Ladies Who Sleuth in Regency England with Alison Goodman
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May 20, 2025 |
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1,001 Nights with Al-Khayzuran
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May 07, 2025 |
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A Lady's Life in the Viking Age, Part 3: The Daily Grind
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Apr 22, 2025 |
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A Lady's Life in the Viking Age, Part 2: Relationships, Marriage, and Power
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Apr 07, 2025 |
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A Lady's Life in the Viking Age, Part 1: Finding the Norse
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Mar 20, 2025 |
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A Lady's Life in the Viking Age: The Goddess Freyja
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Mar 06, 2025 |
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Love and War in Ancient Rome with Jenny Williamson
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Feb 26, 2025 |
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Re-Release: Spiritualists & Mediums of 19th-Century America
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Oct 22, 2024 |
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Re-Release: The History of Witch Hunts in Scotland and England
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Oct 10, 2024 |
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Forty Elephants: The All-Female Crime Gang of 1920s London
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Sep 23, 2024 |
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Lady Pirates and Queen Elizabeth I's Golden Age of Piracy
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Sep 09, 2024 |
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Announcement!
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Sep 02, 2024 |
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The FYREBIRDS Audiobook
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Aug 30, 2024 |
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Writing Magical Women and the Belle Epoque with author Ryan Graudin
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Aug 28, 2024 |
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NIGHTBIRDS: Let's Talk Spoilers
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Aug 14, 2024 |
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FYREBIRDS and the Women of 1920s Prohibition, Revisited
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Aug 08, 2024 |
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Crude, Rude, and Setting the Mood: An Interview with Therese O'Neill
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Jul 29, 2024 |
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The History of the Bikini
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Jul 12, 2024 |
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A Lady's Life in Tokugawa Japan, 4: Off to Battle with Samurai Warrior Women
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Jun 24, 2024 |
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A Lady's Life in Tokugawa Japan, Part 3: Fashion & Fun with the Glamorous Geisha
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Jun 06, 2024 |
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A Lady's Life in Tokugawa Japan, Part 2: Home, Duty, Marriage, and Tea
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May 22, 2024 |
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A Lady's Life in Tokugawa Japan, Part 1: Welcome to the Edo Era
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May 08, 2024 |
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The Crusader Queens, Part 2
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Apr 22, 2024 |
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The Crusader Queens, Part 1
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Apr 08, 2024 |
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Queens with Swords: Teuta, Amanirenas, and Mavia (Mawiyya)
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Mar 18, 2024 |
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The Black Female Entertainers of the 1920s
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Feb 29, 2024 |
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The Female Movie Stars of 1920s Hollywood
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Feb 08, 2024 |
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America's Fight for Women's Rights: Interview with Elizabeth Cobbs
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Feb 01, 2024 |
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A Lady's Life in the 1920s, Part 4: A Friday Night
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Dec 18, 2023 |
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The Lady Killers of 1920s Chicago
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Dec 03, 2023 |
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Writing the Women of Pompeii: Elodie Harper Interview, Part 2
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Nov 15, 2023 |
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Giulia Tofana, Italy's Poison Queen
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Nov 01, 2023 |
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A Lady's Life in the 1920s, Part 3: A Thursday at Home
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Oct 17, 2023 |
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A Lady's Life in the 1920s, Part 2: A Wednesday at Work
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Oct 02, 2023 |
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A Lady's Life in the 1920s, Part 1: A Summer Saturday
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Sep 14, 2023 |
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Unsinkable: The Women Aboard the Titanic
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Jul 06, 2023 |
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Celebrating Women of Myth with Ancient History Fangirl
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May 29, 2023 |
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Writing Black Women Back into History: Interview with Krystal Marquis
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May 01, 2023 |
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The Women of the 1920s Who Defied Prohibition
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Apr 20, 2023 |
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The Women of the 1920s Who Supported Prohibition
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Mar 27, 2023 |
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Writing 1920s-Inspired Historical Fiction with Lyssa Mia Smith
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Mar 15, 2023 |
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The Exploress: NIGHTBIRDS Edition
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Feb 27, 2023 |
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The 1920s, But Make It Fiction with Amie Kaufman
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Feb 26, 2023 |
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The Flappers of the 1920s
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Feb 20, 2023 |
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Re-Release: The Women's Suffrage Movement & American Voting Rights (The 2023 Edition)
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Feb 13, 2023 |
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Being Queen with Elizabeth I
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Jan 12, 2023 |
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Education in Tudor England with Queen Katherine Parr
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Dec 20, 2022 |
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Sex in Tudor England with Queen Catherine Howard
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Nov 27, 2022 |
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Magic, Poison, and Sex in the French Court of King Louis XIV
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Oct 18, 2022 |
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WWII Code Girls with Ellie Marney
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Oct 04, 2022 |
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Courtship in Tudor England with Queen Anne of Cleves
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Sep 20, 2022 |
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Tudor Ladies in Waiting: Interview with Sylvia Barbara Soberton
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Sep 02, 2022 |
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Childbirth in Tudor England with Queen Jane Seymour
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Aug 08, 2022 |
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Was Shakespeare Really A Woman?
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Jul 23, 2022 |
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Reimagining Catherine of Aragon and Anne Boleyn for The King's Wife Musical: Interview with Jennifer Kranz
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Jul 08, 2022 |
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All Things Anne Boleyn: Interview with Natalie Grueninger
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Jun 24, 2022 |
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Fashion in Tudor England with Queen Anne Boleyn
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Jun 08, 2022 |
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Religion in Tudor England with Queen Catherine of Aragon, Part 2
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Mar 30, 2022 |
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Religion in Tudor England with Queen Catherine of Aragon, Part 1
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Mar 18, 2022 |
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Introducing: Pub Dates
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Feb 15, 2022 |
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The History of Mrs, Miss, and Ms
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Dec 20, 2021 |
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The Magnificent Lady Fu Hao
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Dec 13, 2021 |
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A Brief History of Sequins
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Dec 06, 2021 |
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Women and Witch Hunts in Scotland and England
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Oct 30, 2021 |
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Re-Release: A History of Women & Poison
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Oct 18, 2021 |
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A Lady's Life in Tudor England, Part 9: Feast & Fun
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Oct 11, 2021 |
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A Lady's Life in Tudor England, Part 8: Women of Business
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Oct 04, 2021 |
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A Lady's Life in Tudor England, Part 7: A Woman's Work, Continued
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Sep 27, 2021 |
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A Lady's Life in Tudor England, Part 6: A Woman's Work is Never Done
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Sep 20, 2021 |
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A Lady's Life in Tudor England, Part 5: Let's Get Dressed
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Sep 13, 2021 |
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A Lady's Life in Tudor England, Part 4: Getting Clean
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Sep 06, 2021 |
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A Lady's Life in Tudor England, Part 3: Of Godliness and Privies
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Aug 30, 2021 |
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A Lady's Life in Tudor England, Part 2: Rise and Shine
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Aug 23, 2021 |
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A Lady's Life in Tudor England, Part 1: Where Are We, Exactly?
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Aug 16, 2021 |
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A History of Menstruation
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Aug 02, 2021 |
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The Wolf Den: Interview with Elodie Harper
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May 13, 2021 |
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Rebel Warrior Queens: Boudicca and Zenobia
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Mar 22, 2021 |
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The First Ladies of the Roman Empire, Part 6: Empress Agrippina
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Jan 25, 2021 |
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The First Ladies of the Roman Empire, Part 5: Agrippina the Younger
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Jan 11, 2021 |
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The First Ladies of the Roman Empire, Part 4: Livia and Both Agrippinas
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Nov 13, 2020 |
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The Women's Suffrage Movement & American Voting Rights
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Oct 31, 2020 |
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The First Ladies of the Roman Empire, Part 3: Livia and Agrippina the Elder
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Oct 24, 2020 |
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A Brief History of the Bra
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Oct 09, 2020 |
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The First Ladies of the Roman Empire, Part 2: Livia, Octavia, and Julia
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Sep 25, 2020 |
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The First Ladies of the Roman Empire, Part 1: Livia and Octavia
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Sep 11, 2020 |
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Arsinoë II, Queenmaker of Ptolemaic Egypt
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Jul 11, 2020 |
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Cleopatra, Part 4: Exploring Her Legacy
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Jun 22, 2020 |
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Cleopatra, Part 3: It Is Indeed Most Fine
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Jun 13, 2020 |
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Cleopatra, Part 2: Make It So
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May 19, 2020 |
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Cleopatra, Part 1: Growing Up Ptolemy
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May 01, 2020 |
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A History of Women & Poison
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Apr 03, 2020 |
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The Women Who Ran Ancient Rome, Part 3: Fulvia
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Mar 20, 2020 |
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The Women Who Ran Ancient Rome, Part 2: Servilia
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Feb 27, 2020 |
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The Women Who Ran Ancient Rome, Part 1: Cornelia
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Feb 14, 2020 |
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A Lady's Life in the Ancient Roman Empire, Part 3
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Nov 29, 2019 |
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A Lady's Life in the Ancient Roman Empire, Part 2
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Nov 21, 2019 |
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A Lady's Life in the Ancient Roman Empire, Part 1
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Nov 14, 2019 |
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A History of Female Hair Removal
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Oct 10, 2019 |
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Queen Olympias & Alexander the Great's Women, Part 2
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Aug 22, 2019 |
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Queen Olympias & Alexander the Great's Women, Part 1
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Aug 15, 2019 |
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Amazons & the Real Warrior Women of Antiquity, Part 2
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Aug 08, 2019 |
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Amazons & the Real Warrior Women of Antiquity, Part 1
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Aug 01, 2019 |
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Sappho & Sexuality in Ancient Greece
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Jul 24, 2019 |
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A Lady's Life in Ancient Greece, Part 2
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Jul 10, 2019 |
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A Lady's Life in Ancient Greece, Part 1
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Jul 03, 2019 |
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The History of Women and Beer
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May 29, 2019 |
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The Lady Pharaohs of Ancient Egypt, Part 2: Hatshepsut, Nefertiti, and Tawosret
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May 22, 2019 |
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The Lady Pharaohs of Ancient Egypt, Part 1: Merneith, Neferusobek, and Hatshepsut
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May 15, 2019 |
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A Lady's Life in Ancient Egypt, Part 2
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May 08, 2019 |
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A Lady's Life in Ancient Egypt, Part 1
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Apr 30, 2019 |
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Pioneer Women in the Wild West
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Jan 11, 2019 |
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Novelist & Abolitionist: Harriet Beecher Stowe
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Dec 21, 2018 |
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Harriet Tubman & Elizabeth Keckley, Part 2
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Nov 30, 2018 |
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Harriet Tubman & Elizabeth Keckley, Part 1
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Nov 09, 2018 |
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The Madams: Mary Ann Hall & Madame Restell
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Oct 26, 2018 |
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Lady Spiritualists & Mediums of 19th Century America
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Oct 11, 2018 |
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Lady Spies of the Civil War
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Sep 14, 2018 |
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Sarah Emma Edmonds: Soldier, Nurse and Spy
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Aug 30, 2018 |
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Lady Soldiers in the Civil War
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Aug 16, 2018 |
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Sex & Prostitution in 19th Century America
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Aug 02, 2018 |
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Angel of the Battlefield: Clara Barton
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Jul 19, 2018 |
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Nurses of the American Civil War
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Jul 19, 2018 |
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A Lady's Life in 19th Century America
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Jul 19, 2018 |
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Welcome to The Exploress
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Jul 19, 2018 |