Tag: Women

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#TwiceRemoved with Packed With Potential

Anne Lister, a diarist, shot to fame when she became the subject of the brilliant BBC Drama Gentleman Jack. But who was the real Anne Lister? What can her diaries, which famously recorded her intimate relationships with women, tell us? What else did she record and why are her diaries so important? 

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#TwiceRemoved with Sarah Murden

Historian Sarah Murden takes us back in time to explore our Georgian ancestors. What was life like for our working ancestors? Why was there such a big divide between poor and rich? How long did they live and why was everyone so obsessed with getting married? Sarah answers all this and more!

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#TwiceRemoved with Julia Laite

Historian Julia Laite joins me to explore the lives of our late 19th Century and early 20th Century working class female ancestors. Julia explains what life was like as a domestic servant. We delve into the aspirations and exploitations of those female ancestors.

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Women’s Hair: A History

Faced with loosing my own hair, I began to ask questions. Why did I care so much about my hair? Why is our hair important?

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