From a hunger strike medal to a bidet, the Amazon rainforest to the plantations of South Carolina, Simone de Beauvoir to Beyoncé, this is the story of women as never seen before.

There is a neglected history. Not a sweeping, definitive, exhaustive history of the world but something quieter, more intimate and particular. Now journalist Annabelle Hirsch joins Hannah MacInnes to reveal that history: a single journey, picked out in 101 objects, through the fascinating, too-often-overlooked, manifold histories of women.

What does a healed femur say about civilisation? What do men have to fear from hat pins? Sharing the tales of these objects and many more, Annabelle Hirsch will  reveal that the past has always been as complicated and fascinating as the women who peopled it.

From the objects you thought you knew, like the Bayeux tapestry, to those of domesticity, pleasure (a sixteenth century glass dildo) and subjugation (a thumbscrew), we’ll uncover together the women celebrated by history and of women unfairly forgotten by it alike. Join us for a story of wit, self-revellation and female rebellion.

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Praise for Annabelle Hirsch’s A History of Women in 101 Objects

“A reminder, lest we forget, that women are and have always been, whether quietly or vociferously, on the periphery or centre stage, the engine, the glue, the inspiration behind it all” – Gillian Anderson

“I adored this book! Hirsch’s intimate observational gifts turn that world into a rousing, living record of all that we have wrestled with” – Olivia Colman