Her Voice: Ladies who write Professor Rebecca Kingston and POL303 students
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This is a series for those interested in learning more about women writers, intellectuals and activists, women who deserve to be known better than they are. Episodes of the podcast were written and presented by students at the University of Toronto enrolled in a course devoted to the study of women writers in the history of political thought. The podcast is inspired in part by Christine de Pizan’s Book of the City of Ladies (1405).
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Olympe de Gouges
This podcast recounts the peculiar life and work of French playwright-turned-activist, Olympe de Gouges. We take a deeper look into her most famous work, The Declaration of the Rights of Woman and the Female Citizen, which demanded gender equality in post-Revolution France.
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Zora Neale Hurston
This episode explores the life and work of pioneering African American writer and anthropologist Zora Neale Hurston. As a participant in the famous Harlem Renaissance of the early 20th century Hurston’s literary work, including Their Eyes are Watching God and Mule Bone offer insight into issues that would later be known as intersectional feminism.
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Nisia Floresta
This episode explores the work of a 19th century Brazilian feminist who promoted the education of women in Brazil and who was active in anti-slavery campaigns of the period
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bell hooks
This episode looks at the life of bell hooks and offers some commentary on her important work Ain’t I a Woman.
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Hypatia
This episode explores the mysterious figure of Hypatia who is thought to be the first mathematician.
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Kathryn Sophia Belle
This episode explores the work of Kathryn Sophia Belle, a contemporary philosopher who has organised the Collegium of Black female philosophers, as a safe place for women philosophers of colour