Episode ten! Thanks to everyone who has listened so far! We will be back in the week of Anzac Day (the week of April 25th for our international friends). Keep up with us on our social medias - twitter, insta and facebook @womenofwarpod, or check out our website womenofwarpod.com.
This week on Women of War we’re back in Japan during the Boshin War (aka the Japanese Civil War), 1868 - 1869, and the last fight of the samurai in an ultimately doomed attempt to protect their way of life. Meet Nakano Takeko, onna-bugeisha (female samurai) and the squad of women warriors she led, the Jōshitai. Just don’t lose your head over the ending.
Featuring cameos from everyone’s least favourite Imperial powers - the French, the Americans, the British and the Dutch. The gang’s all here.
This episode contains references to disembowelment, decapitation, suicide and interfering with corpses. It may not be suitable for all listeners.
All efforts were made to correctly pronounce Japanese words and phrases. We apologise for any mispronunciations. All efforts have also been made to ensure historical accuracy, but as is the nature of historical research, mistakes may have been made.
This podcast is recorded on Wurundjeri Land and we pay our respects to elders past and present, the guardians and caretakers of the land and waters. Sovereignty was never ceded.
Intro and Outro Music: Frosty Forest by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com
S3E8: The Brawling, Boisterous, Scottish Wench — Agnes Randolph and the Siege of Dunbar
S3E7: 12 Nuns, 68.3 metres and 93 penises-The women of the Bayeux Tapestry and the Battle of Hastings
S3E6: Get Up, Stand Up, and Deliver — Truganini, the NOT last Indigenous Tasmanian
S3E5: She’d Probably Hate Her Great-Great Nephew–Dame Mary Gilmore, the Pinko on the Blue Note.
S3E4: The Amiable Madwoman - Doña Manuela Sáenz + the Fight for Spanish American Independence
S3E3: The Woman in the High Castle–Veleda, Seeress of the Bructeri
S3E2: Daughters of Artemis? - The Naval Queens Artemisia I & II of Caria
S3 E1: The Mother in Exile–Alexandra Sokolovskaya, the Creator of the Soviet Union
Bonus: Irish Pirate Queen Chieftain Rebel - Grainne O’Malley and Her Fight for Freedom [Re-Recorded]
Season Three Trailer
S2E9: The War-Wrecked Generation & Anna Coleman Ladd: Copper Masks and Newspaper Dating after The First World War
S2E8 Part 2: No Thought of Glory - Clara Barton and the end of the American Civil War
S2E8: Death, Danger, and Nursing - Clara Barton in the American Civil War, Part 1
S2E7: Fame at any price: The horrifying indifference of Nazi filmmaker Leni Riefenstahl
S2E6: A Family Affair: Marjane Satrapi, the Iranian Revolution, and the Iran-Iraq War.
S2E5: A Banana Skirt and a Gold Piano - How Josephine Baker Seduced Secrets from the Nazis
S2E4: The Last Empress of Russia - Saint Alexandra the Passion Bearer
S2E3: A Most Famous Feminine Sea Captain - Gráinne O’Malley, Irish Pirate, Rebel, Chieftain
S2E2 Pt 2: Planes, Trans and Automobiles - Roberta Cowell (The Dillon/Gillies Remix)
S2E2 Pt 1: Planes, Trans and Automobiles - Roberta Cowell
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