The Other Half: The History of Women Through the Ages

By James BoultonSociety & Culture Education History

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The Other Half: The History of Women Through the Ages episodes

June 14, 2020 2.40 Ena of Battenberg (2) Oh what a life for the Queen of Spain!
After such an inauspicious start to her time as Queen of Spain, Ena had a lot of work to make her mark on her new home.

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32 min
May 31, 2020 2.39 Ena of Battenberg (1) Naming the King's Yacht
No one expected Victoria Eugiene of Battenburg to become Queen of Spain - but when King Alfonso turns on his charm - it's hard to resist.

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41 min
May 17, 2020 2.38 Missy of Edinburgh (6) Living in memory of the past
We’re back with Missy, with the final chapter of her story. We see her live through some of the most tumultuous times in the Kingdom of Romania’s short history.

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31 min
May 10, 2020 CHAT: Ellen Alpsten on Tsarina
I chat with Ellen Alpsten about her amazing new book Tsarina, the story of how a peasant girl from the Baltic became the first female ruler of Russia.

How to get Tsarina

UK
Get your hardback here: https://www.waterstones.com/book/tsarina/ellen-alpsten/9781526606419
ebook here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Tsarina-Ellen-Alpsten-ebook/dp/B0844W5YWJ/

USA
Get your hardback here: https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250214430
ebook here: https://www.amazon.com/Tsarina-Ellen-Alpsten-ebook/dp/B0844W5YWJ/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&keywords=tsarina&qid=1589131086&sr=8-2
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43 min
May 03, 2020 2.37 Missy of Edinburgh (5) Mother-in-law of the Balkan
Missy finally crowned as queen and begins to marry her children off across Europe - but her eldest son would continue to be a thorn in her side.

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Missy in New York
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36 min
April 19, 2020 2.36 Missy of Edinburgh (4) The only man in Romania
After pushing Romania into World War I, Missy discovers that taking on the Central Powers was somewhat harder than she had imagined.

Map of Romania in 1916

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53 min
April 05, 2020 2.35 Missy of Edinburgh (3) Queen at last
With war on the horizon, King Carol will prepare Romania for the succession, identifying Missy as one of the future leaders of this proud new nation-state.

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46 min
March 22, 2020 2.34 Missy of Edinburgh (2) Isolation and Scandal
Missy struggles to adapt to her new life with a husband she barely knew and in a country she didn’t much understand.

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44 min
March 08, 2020 2.33 Missy of Edinburgh (1) Quitting the Old Harbour
Missy is one of the most badass modern queens that you have never heard of. A woman who dominated a kingdom - a controversial figure whose life and legacy shaped the history of Balkans in the first half of the twentieth century.

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38 min
February 23, 2020 MOVIE NIGHT: Nicholas and Alexandra
A three hour epic in this movie night as we review the 1971 film 'Nicholas and Alexandra', as well as discussing our recent trip to see SIX.

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Music credits:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lbwqgfnh2-Y&t=28s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AgEJK6Vk8Ro
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40 min

About The Other Half: The History of Women Through the Ages

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Women make up half of the world's population, and yet history books often consign them to the sidelines. They are dismissed as merely the wives of powerful men; babymakers and nothing more. Yet women…