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What'sHerName

Dr. Katie Nelson and Olivia Meikle

What’sHerName puts the women back into world history. Hosts Dr. Katie Nelson and Olivia Meikle are professors-turned-podcasters (and sisters!) Weaving interviews with experts into vivid, nuanced biographies, What'sHerName women's history podcast tells the stories of fascinating women you’ve never heard of (but should have). Fascinating and funny, thought-provoking and insightful. New episodes biweekly.

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185 episodes

  1. THE HAUNTREPRENEUR Caroline Emmerton 46:00
  2. THE PIRATES Anne Bonny and Mary Read 56:13
  3. THE FAIRYTELLER Marie-Catherine d'Aulnoy 54:21
  4. THE LAST OF THE WILD WEST COWGIRLS Goldie Griffith 56:03
  5. THE SEA CAPTAIN Mary Ann Patten 1:00:38
  6. THE REBEL SAINTS Clare of Assisi and Agnes of Bohemia 49:39
  7. THE HYSTERICAL SOCIETY The Savannah Seven 54:05
  8. THE PORTRAITIST Louise-Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun 54:42
  9. THE CASTAWAY Marguerite de La Rocque 50:31
  10. THE ENTOMOLOGIST Evelyn Cheesman 1:01:58
  11. THE MATRIARCH OF CHINATOWN Ou Shee Eng 59:32
  12. THE VOICE OF EXPERIENCE Catherine Jemmat 46:29
  13. THE GIRL SCOUT Juliette Gordon Low 1:00:03
  14. THE PREACHER Jarena Lee 47:14
  15. THE KLONDIKE QUEEN Shaaw Tláa (Kate Carmack) 58:38
  16. THE SCANDALOUS WOMAN Uno Chiyo 56:35
  17. A WINTER OF CONTENT Laura Lee Davidson 55:04
  18. BONUS EPISODE Voices of Women Festival 30:24
  19. THE BLACK NATIONALIST Queen Mother Audley Moore 54:17
  20. THE EXECUTIVE Katharine Gibbs 57:02
  21. THE BIRD OF ILL OMEN Catherine Crowe: 2025 Halloween Special 56:30
  22. THE MYSTERY The Ivory Lady 57:12
  23. THE FOLKLORISTA Violeta Parra 58:39
  24. THE WITNESS Leonora Sansay 59:17
  25. THE TUGBOAT PIONEER Thea Foss 58:23
  26. THE SHAMAN QUEEN Himiko 45:44
  27. THE PEACE WEAVER Eva Palmer Sikelianos 56:41
  28. THE VAGABOND PRINCESS Gulbadan Begum 57:53
  29. THE DOER Fulvia 53:55
  30. THE CLAIRVOYANT QUEEN Seondeok 44:19
  31. THE SAUSAGE MAKER Johanna O'Brien 49:11
  32. THE FREE AND INDEPENDENT WOMAN Sayyida al Hurra 43:19
  33. THE ANCHORITE Julian of Norwich 56:56
  34. THE IDEALIST Mary Ware Dennett 50:07
  35. THE RELUCTANT EMPRESS Sisi 55:31
  36. THE STRONGWOMAN Katie Sandwina 57:36
  37. THE WITCH OF WELLFLEET Maria Hallett 58:03
  38. THE ADVENTURERS The Wilmot Sisters 52:09
  39. CHRISTMAS IN MAINE Sarah Orne Jewett 48:32
  40. THE LEGEND Zainab Pasha 39:58
  41. THE APOTHECARY Giulia Tofana 54:11
  42. THE DRAGON FROM CHICAGO Sigrid Schultz 56:52
  43. THE SWORN SPINSTER Fanny Law 55:13
  44. THE FILMMAKERS The McDonagh Sisters 1:00:27
  45. THE TANK COMMANDER Aleksandra Samusenko 54:33
  46. THE FIRST LADY Pat Nixon 54:45
  47. THE IRISH JOAN OF ARC Maud Gonne 53:19
  48. THE INDOMITABLE SPIRIT Artemisia Gentileschi 54:09
  49. BONUS: A Night of Celebration Live 1:35:38
  50. THE ABOLITIONIST Ellen Garrison 50:58