From plague 'searchers' to strawberry birthmarks: a history of women's bodies

Podcast: HistoryExtra podcast · Immediate

Opublikowano: 2026-10-15

What was 'nidgeting'? How did women know they were pregnant before modern tests? And what did people in the past believe a mother’s imagination could do to her unborn child? In this episode, Lauren Good speaks to historian Erin Maglaque about her book Presence, which explores the history of the female body – and society's longstanding beliefs about it. ––––– GO BEYOND THE PODCAST To find out more about the history of women's bodies, why not listen to another of Lauren's interviews on the HistoryExtra podcast with Helen King, in which they explore how ideas surround...