Twice Removed Series 2 Episode 10
Dr Sara Read, an author and lecturer in English at the University of Loughborough joined me to discuss female bodies in the Early Modern period.
How did our female ancestors cope with periods, childbirth, menopause? How did they understand their own bodies? How did they feel about childbirth? What was their lived experiences like, compared to ours today?
Dr Sara Read answers all these questions and more in this episode of #TwiceRemoved!
Watch Dr Sara Read discuss Female Bodies in the Early Modern Period.
You can view all series and episodes of #TwiceRemoved on the Genealogy Stories YouTube channel.
Listen to Female Bodies in the Early Modern Period with Dr Sara Read.
Female Bodies: Early Modern Period
You can listen to all series and episodes of Twice Removed on the podcast (of the same name), available on Apple, Stitcher, Spotify and more.
A Spotlight on Dr Sara Read
Dr Sara Read is an academic specialising in the cultural representations of the reproductive body in the early modern period.
She is a novelist and her debut, The Gossips’ Choice was published in spring 2020, and its sequel will be published in spring 2022.
Sara has also published several popular histories mainly connected with early modern England. Maids, Wives, Widows: Exploring Early Modern Women’s Lives, 1540-1740 came out in 2015, with Maladies and Medicines: Exploring Health and Healing in Early Modern England following in 2017.
For more information on Dr Sara Read and her many articles in popular magazines etc then please visit: www.sararead.co.uk
More #TwiceRemoved Episodes
#TwiceRemoved with Emma Jolly
Expert genealogist Emma Jolly shares her Black Country ancestor discoveries. Find out about this important industrial area of Britain. What were the lives of the people that lived there like?
#TwiceRemoved with Nathan Dylan Goodwin
In an episode packed with writing tips, Nathan Dylan Goodwin explores his own family history and spills the beans on how he became a genealogy crime fiction writer.
#TwiceRemoved with Naomi Clifford
What was life like for those at home during the WW2? Naomi Clifford discusses the Blitz diaries she discovered, the life of the woman who wrote them and explores the real lived experience of the Blitz.
If you want to ensure you never miss #TwiceRemoved or a blog post then please join The Curious Descendants using the form below. You’ll get family history news every week, history nuggets and more!
Join The Curious Descendants!
If you enjoyed this then you’ll LOVE my Curious Descendants emails. I send daily emails packed with family history writing tips, ideas and stories. Plus a weekly news roundup, ensuring you’ll never miss one of my articles (or an episode of #TwiceRemoved) ever again.
