S3 Ep13: Manly Women, Womanly Men
Nothing scared 17th century folks more than witches, but women dressing in masculine styles was a close second. In today's texts - "Hic Mulier" and "Haec Vir" pamphlets from the 17th century, we're ex...
20 Aug 23min
S3 Ep12: Random Dating and Pinning In The 1950s
What was random dating and how did it affect 1950s love lives? What was the pinning ritual all about and why was it perfect for predatory young men? All this and more in today's episode about the "Mod...
6 Aug 33min
S3 Ep11: Tips For Edwardian Female Students
How much studying is too much? What should a female student wear? What should her dorm look like? If you were a female student in the Edwardian era, you would have loved "Girl Student Days and After" ...
23 Juli 27min
S3 Ep10: Gentle Parenting or Crying it Out? Raising Children in 1920s
Over a hundred years ago parents were also looking to parenting books for advice. What does this one, "The Best Method for Raising Children" from 1924, has to say about caring for newborns, corporal p...
9 Juli 29min
S3 Ep9: Monsters, Amber and Elks
Located at the edge of the Baltic sea, 17th century Gdańsk was a multicultural merchant city. Peter Mundy, a British traveller, lived there for around a decade, and left a fascinating memoir of his ti...
25 Juni 37min
S3 Ep8: “Slept All Day”. A Victorian Teacher’s Diaries
What was a typical day like for a teacher in a small town in 1890s Illinois? Today we’re reading diaries of Emma Wormwood and reflecting on the lifestyle, duties and leisure a woman faced in a 19th ce...
11 Juni 32min
S3 Ep7: The 17th Century Relationship Advice Column
What if I told you first popular advice column was published in the 1690s? “The Athenian Mercury” followed a Q&A format, which dealt with issues from the fields of philosophy, physics, religion, and i...
28 Maj 28min
S3 Ep6: How To Woo: Courting in The 1920s
Should a potential 1920s candidate for a wife be "untouched”? Not at all, let her use life! At least that was the opinion of Clement Wood, the author of today’s text - “The Art of Courtship” from 1926...
14 Maj 33min
