You Haven't Heard the Half of It

03/18/22 • 55 min

Bringing you a special episode this week from my new podcast - You Haven't Heard The Half Of It. Looking at the hidden half of history with my co-host, Simon Cole from Hackney Tours. If you enjoy the episode, why not subscribe to that too where ever you get your podcasts.

This episode looks at how history often casts Jews as a passive victim, whether it is the pogroms or the Holocaust. A brilliant new book called the Light of Days by Judy Batalion reframes this narrative. But It’s a complex situation that gets tangled up in different Jewish factions, survivors’ guilt and the positioning of women’s narratives more generally.

Discover more about Judy Batalion and her book on her website

Discover more about Esther and her work at Women Activists of East London.

Discover more about Simon and his work at Hackney Tours

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Discover more about Judy Batalion and her book on her website

Discover more about Esther and her work at Women Activists of East London.

Discover more about Simon and his work at Hackney Tours

Music from Purple Planet

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Previous Episode

What they didn’t teach you in school about the suffragettes

I’m sure most of you know about the suffragettes: Emmeline Pankhurst, and her daughter Cristabel; their organisation, the Women’s Social and Political Union; chaining themselves to railings; smashing windows; the forced feeding. You probably were taught it in school. The problem is, it’s wrong.

Ok, so those things all did happen, but it is a very narrow view of what the movement was, who the women were, and why they were even doing it. Today, we are setting the record straight.

In this episode we talk to the historian David Rosenberg, to challenge our ideas about the campaign for female franchise, and why women in East London were so important to the movement.

David runs East End walking tours, both virtually and in person. New dates will be posted to his website from the end of January. See http://www.eastendwalks.com/ for further details.

David has also written a number of books about East End history. His book, Rebel Footprints has a chapter on the East London Suffragettes. You can order a copy here: https://www.plutobooks.com/9780745338552/rebel-footprints-second-edition/

If you really want to dive into this fascinating history, then why not sign up to David’s forthcoming online course with the Bishopsgate Institute https://www.bishopsgate.org.uk/whats-on/activity/activists-who-changed-the-east-end

This is the last episode of this series. Make sure you are subscribed to the podcast to make sure you get notified when our new series launches. Don’t miss out!

For further stories about East London women visit our website eastlondonwomen.org.uk Or find us on Twitter, Facebook, You Tube, Instagram or Pinterest.

Rebel Women is part of the Women Activists of East London project, which has been developed by Share UK, a non profit community group based in London.

Special thanks to the William Morris Big Local for funding today’s episode.

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Next Episode

"I went through my early years feeling very powerful"

It was 1968 and Gill Scott was 13 years old. At home with her mum and dad in Stockport, she heard Enoch Powell’s infamous Rivers of Blood speech. Her parents were appalled, and to Gill he seemed like the devil himself. It will be a moment that shapes her consciousness, taking her on a journey through the 70s and 80s fighting racism and inequality through solidarity movements.

In this fourth series of Rebel Women, we have partnered with the Museum of Youth Culture to bring you stories of rebellious of youth through the ages. Each episode will tell previous unheard stories of women who changed society.

For further tales about East London women visit our website eastlondonwomen.org.uk Or find us on Twitter, Facebook, You Tube, Instagram or Pinterest.

If you would like to submit a story about growing up in Britain to the Museum of Youth Culture, visit their website at https://museumofyouthculture.com/submit/

Rebel Women is part of the Women Activists of East London project, which has been developed by Share UK, a non profit community group based in London. This podcast series is part of our 10th anniversary celebrations, showcasing the range of heritage and arts projects we’ve run over the past decade.

Special thanks to the National Lottery Community Fund for funding today’s episode.

Main theme by Dano Songs. Incidental music by Purple Planet Music.

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