Her Voice: Ladies who write
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Her Voice: Ladies who write
This 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...
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Olympe de Gouges
This podcast recounts the peculiar life and work of French playwright-turned-activist, Olympe de Gouges. We take a deeper look into her most famous wo...
Nisia Floresta
This 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 c...
bell hooks
This episode looks at the life of bell hooks and offers some commentary on her important work Ain’t I a Woman.
Hypatia
This episode explores the mysterious figure of Hypatia who is thought to be the first mathematician.
Kathryn Sophia Belle
This episode explores the work of Kathryn Sophia Belle, a contemporary philosopher who has organised the Collegium of Black female philosophers, as a...
Beverly McLachlin
This episode charts the contributions of the first woman chief justice of the Canadian Supreme Court, Beverly McLachlin, and offers insights from her...
Aspasia
This episode explores the life and presumed work and influence of Aspasia, companion to Pericles, in 5th century BCE Athens
Fanny Raoul
This episode offers an introduction to a staunch defender of women’s rights living in a time of great political upheaval in France through the revolut...
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
This episode celebrates the life and accomplishments of the American Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
Simone de Beauvoir
This episode offers a critical perspective on the life and contributions of Simone de Beauvoir, best known author of The Second Sex.
Emilie du Chatelet
This 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 explai...
Hannah Arendt
This episode engages with the life and work of Hannah Arendt whose work has often been controversial for feminists. Hannah Arendt famously disputed ca...
Nana Asma’u
This episode explores the life and work of 19th century Nigeria author Nana Asma’u who through her poetry offered women a vision of feminism compatibl...
Kimberle Crenshaw
This episode explores the life and work of the contemporary African American theorist Kimberle Crenshaw who coined the term ‘intersectionality’ allowi...
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
This episode looks at the work of early 20th century American author Charlotte Perkins Gilman, with special reference to her famous short story “The Y...
Angela Davis
This episode looks at the tumultuous life of twentieth century American feminist icon Angela Davis and discusses a couple of her works including Are P...
Mary Astell
This 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 S...
Hipparchia
This 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 o...
Emily Nasrallah
This episode explores the life and work of the 20th century Lebanese fiction writer Emily Nasrallah, whose work addresses the concerns and particular...
Harriet Taylor Mill
This 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 he...
Andrea Dworkin
This episode studies the life and work of the radical contemporary feminist Andrea Dworkin. She is perhaps best known for her critique of pornography...
May Ziadeh
This 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 Un...
Introduction by Professor Rebecca Kingston
This is a series for those interested in learning more about women writers, intellectuals and activists, women who deserve to be known better than the...