Published in 2024
11 hours and 51 minutes
Olivia Meikle is co-author of The Book of Sisters and co-host of What’sHerName women’s history podcast. She loves traveling, reading, camping, and eating enormous quantities of ice cream and homemade salsa (but not at the same time). She teaches Women’s and Gender Studies in Boulder, Colorado, where she lives with her husband, three grown-or-nearly-grown kids, two parakeets and one hermit crab.
Dr. Katie Nelson is a World Historian, host of What’sHerName Podcast, professor, tour guide, question asker, food taster.
What is this book about?
Journey through thousands of years of human history (now with the women put back in).
From the earliest human civilizations through to the present day, the stories of countless influential women – leaders, artists, warriors, scientists and more – have been ignored, forgotten, or actively suppressed. You may not have encountered the likes of Fatima al-Fihri (an Islamic World visionary who founded the world’s first university), Ching Shih (the most successful pirate in history), or Huda Sha’arawi (a pioneering Egyptian feminist leader, suffragist, nationalist, and founder of the Egyptian Feminist Union), but that’s about to change.
In What’s Her Name: A History of the World in 80 Lost Women, authors – and sisters – Olivia Meikle and Katie Nelson weave together the captivating stories of these fascinating figures to tell an alternative, enthralling and deeply researched historical narrative. A truly global history, What’s Her Name features biographies of incredible women spanning six continents and thousands of years, from Ancient Egypt and the Roman Empire to imperial China, the Americas and post-war Europe. Drawing on years of study and interviews with dozens of experts, this is an entertaining, thought-provoking look at the trailblazing women you may not have heard of (but should have).
