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Dec 7, 2022
Susanna Meredith, the convict laundry and washing for love
Lena Augustinson talks to Naomi Clifford about her research into the work of Mrs Meredith, a pioneer in the rehabilitation of women convicts, and about how criminal women were viewed in the 19th century. Listen to the episode on trailblazing maternity doctor Annie McCall, who is mentioned in this podcast about Mrs Meredith. You can…
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Aug 20, 2022
Louise Michel: A Political Firebrand Visits London
Lena Augustinson talks to Naomi Clifford about the affection Louise Michel, a veteran of the Paris Commune, held for London, and the significance of her tour of Lambeth Workhouse at the invitation of one of the Poor Law Guardians. Louise Michel, feminist, anarchist, poet, ex-convict, playwright and journalist, survived the bloody end of the 1871…
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Jul 18, 2022
June Spencer: A Volunteer Ambulance Driver in Wartime Chelsea
A remarkable diary reveals a life in London during the Blitz
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May 30, 2022
A Respectable Living in South London
Local historian Tracey Gregory is in conversation with Lena Augustinson and Naomi Clifford about the options open to women earning their own living in the late 19th and early 20th centuries in south London. Tracey Gregory is the driving force behind Loughborough Road Histories, a collection of microhistories of the shops, pubs and people who…
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Feb 20, 2020
Annie McCall – Maternity Trailblazer
The remarkable pioneering work of Dr Annie McCall, featuring Professor Susan Bewley.
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Dec 3, 2019
The Daredevil Divas of Flight & Emma Cons, Pioneering Social Reformer
Naomi Clifford talks to Sharon Wright about Letitia Sage, one of the women in her book Balloonomania Belles; and at Morley College, she and librarian Elaine Andrews discuss the impact of the pioneering social reformer and champion of adult education Emma Cons.
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Oct 28, 2019
The Businesswomen of 18th-Century London
Naomi Clifford and London guide Jonnie Fielding visit an outdoor exhibition on the 18th-century women freemen of the City of London.
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Oct 16, 2019
Maria Branwell, Mother of the Brontës & A Poem by Sarah Fyge Egerton, 17th-Century Feminist
Roli Okorodudu reads The Emulation, a poem by 17th-century poet Sarah Fyge Egerton about the oppression of women by men, and Naomi Clifford interviews Sharon Wright about the life of Maria Branwell, the mother of the Brontë sisters, who died of cancer in her 30s.
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Oct 15, 2019
A Stitch in Time: Women, Needlework and Art & Nellie Roberts, Orchid Painter
Naomi Clifford talks to Diane Goldie about making wearable art, and looks back at the work of two women who used stitchery to make art. Plus, a visit to an exhibition of Nellie Roberts’ watercolours of orchids.
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Oct 15, 2019
Why Lie? The Antics of Teenagers Elizabeth Canning and Princess Caraboo
Naomi Clifford and Lena Augustinson talk about why some teenage girls feel compelled to tell untruths.
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