The Remedial Herstory Project

World Herstory: from the Remedial Herstory Project

History EN ↓ 30 episodes

Learn about the lives of amazing women in world history with Jacqui Nelson and the Remedial Herstory Project. This limited series guides you through history the way you never learned it before with women and their accomplishments and experiences at the forefront. These episodes are designed for middle and high school students and correspond to online learning materials including articles, primary and secondary source material, and so much more! Follow along at www.remedialherstory.com/learn.

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5. 800-400 BCE EUROPEAN FOUNDING MYTHS AND WOMEN’S PLACE 03.04.2024 23:18

Ancient Rome and Greece established gender norms that would last millennia in the western world. These norms diminished women's rights and subjugated them to the domestic sphere. And yet, there was nuance and differences across the early western world. Trigger Warning: for discussion of sexual assault and rape. Find the bibliography, transcript. and learning materials that support this episod...

4. 4000-1000 BCE WOMEN IN THE FIRST CITY STATES 27.03.2024 21:17

Emerging hierarchies in the city states changed women's roles forever, but not all city states were the same. Some gave women greater social respect as others. It's important to dive into these nuances and the roles that women DID play in the city states. Find the bibliography, transcript. and learning materials that support this episode at: https://www.remedialherstory.com/4-4000-1000-bc...

3. 10,000 BCE THE AGRICULTURAL REVOLUTION: A GREAT MISTAKE? 20.03.2024 16:40

The Agricultural Revolution allowed humanity to evolve from hunter gather societies to societies capable of building advanced and enormous civilizations, but did we lose more than we gained? Maybe. Women became slaves to the grind stone, health declined, and hierarchies established gender norms that lasted millennia. Birth rates improved, surpluses of food, and everything considered modern evolved...

2. TO 15,000 MOTHER EARTH AND GREAT GODDESSES? 13.03.2024 16:42

Female goddesses in all their sexualized glory can be found across the globe in the ancient world. What can these goddesses tell us about pre-historic and ancient faiths, and what can they tell us about gender dynamics? Quite a lot. Was there ever a great goddess-- more powerful than the male gods? Probably not. Find the bibliography, transcript. and learning materials that support this episode at...

1. T0 15,000 BEFORE GENDERED CONSTRUCTS 06.03.2024 11:28

Paleo-anthropologists can track human evolution and migration in prehistory by using the remains of women. Such findings have provided some of the most important breakthroughs in our understanding of the past. Humans emerged as hunters and gatherers, and a specific gender dynamic evolved as groups learned to survive. However, there is a debate about whether in fact we can “see gender” in the arche...