Infinite Women

Infinite Women
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Tune in for women's stories from throughout history, and check out our website, infinite-women.com, for bios, recommendations and more!

  1. 20m ago

    Julia Cooke on Mickey Hahn

    Julia Cooke, author of Starry and Restless: Three Women Who Changed Work, Writing, and the World, tells us about journalist, author and travel writer Mickey Hahn. Get the book: https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250436092/starryandrestless/

    Julia Cooke on Mickey Hahn

  2. Sep 7

    Nancy Bernhard on “fallen” women and women's health in 1800s New York

    Nancy Bernhard, author of The Double Standard Sporting House, joins us to discuss “fallen” women in the U.S. in the 19th century and women’s health and medical treatments. Get the book: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Double-Standard-Sporting-House/Nancy-Bernhard/9798896360520 Read the transcript: https://www.infinite-women.com/wp-content/uploads/Nancy-Bernhard-on-fallen-women-and-womens-health-in-1800s-New-York-transcript.pdf

    Nancy Bernhard on “fallen” women and women's health in 1800s New York

  3. Aug 31

    Nancy Hudgins on Ursula Nordstrom

    Nancy Hudgins joins us to discuss the subject of her middle-grade biography, Books Good Enough For You: The Storied Life of Ursula Nordstrom, Editor of Extraordinary Children’s Books. Get the book: https://nancyhudgins.com/books/books-good-enough-for-you/ Transcript: https://www.infinite-women.com/wp-content/uploads/Nancy-Hudgins-on-Ursula-Nordstrom-transcript.pdf

    Nancy Hudgins on Ursula Nordstrom

  4. Aug 24

    Dr Nina Baker on Scottish merchant navy seawomen

    Dr Nina Baker tells us about the women in her book, “Supposed Killed or Drowned by Enemy Action at Sea,” about Scottish merchant navy women who died as a result of enemy action in the First and Second World Wars. Transcript: https://www.infinite-women.com/wp-content/uploads/Nina-Baker-on-Merchant-Navy-seawomen-transcript.pdf Get the book: https://cramptonmoorhousepublishing.blogspot.com/2026/04/new-book-just-out-supposed-killed-or.html

    Dr Nina Baker on Scottish merchant navy seawomen

  5. Aug 17

    Dr Lorana Bartels on victimization and criminality

    Dr Lorana Bartels is a Professor of Criminology at the Australian National University and Adjunct Professor of Law at the University of Canberra and University of Tasmania. We discuss links between victimization and criminality, meaning the ways in which being victimized can make women more likely to commit crimes themselves. Read the transcript: https://www.infinite-women.com/wp-content/uploads/Dr-Lorana-Bartels-on-victimization-and-criminality-transcript.pdf

    Dr Lorana Bartels on victimization and criminality

  6. Aug 10

    Pamela Toler on Sigrid Schultz

    Historian Pamela Toler introduces us to Sigrid Schultz, the subject of her biography The Dragon From Chicago: The Untold Story of an American Reporter in Nazi Germany. Get the book: https://bookshop.org/a/115788/9780807019603 Read the transcript: https://www.infinite-women.com/wp-content/uploads/Pamela-Toler-on-Sigrid-Schultz-transcript.pdf

    Pamela Toler on Sigrid Schultz

  7. Aug 3

    Dr Beth Hubble on Fatema Mernissi

    Regular listeners may recognize Dr. Beth Hubble, professor of Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies at the University of Montana, from previous episodes about transgender histories, the French medieval writer Marie de France, Italian-French feminist writer Christine de Pizan, and the 17th-century Ethiopian nun Walatta Petros. Now she’s back to tell us about someone quite a bit more recent: Moroccan feminist writer and sociologist Fatema Mernissi. Transcript: https://www.infinite-women.com/wp-content/uploads/Dr-Beth-Hubble-on-Fatima-Mernissi-transcript.pdf

    Dr Beth Hubble on Fatema Mernissi

  8. Jul 27

    Sheila Isenberg on Muriel Gardiner

    Biographer Sheila Isenberg joins us to discuss the subject of her book, Muriel's War: An American Heiress in the Nazi Resistance. Get the book: https://sheilaisenberg.com/muriels-war Read the transcript: https://www.infinite-women.com/wp-content/uploads/Sheila-Isenberg-on-Muriel-Gardiner-transcript.pdf

    Sheila Isenberg on Muriel Gardiner
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Tune in for women's stories from throughout history, and check out our website, infinite-women.com, for bios, recommendations and more!

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  • Creator
    Infinite Women
  • Years Active
    2023 - 2026
  • Episodes
    193
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Infinite Women
  • Show Website
    Infinite Women

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