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Standard Issue Podcast

Discovering Paula Bartley’s trailblazing women

Standard Issue Podcast

Standard Issue

Society & Culture

4.71.1K Ratings

🗓️ 4 May 2026

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

Dr Paula Bartley is a women’s historian and author of the new book, Trailblazers: The First Women Elected to Government, in which she uncovers some incredible stories about extraordinary women. She’s chatting to Mick about the (roller coaster) rise of women in global government, the boon of war and revolution when it comes to political equality, and a really impressive nun. Trailblazers is published by Polity on May 8, but available for pre-order now.  Tickets for the launch event at Church of Saint Magnus-the-Martyr, London, on May 27 are available here. As ever, there’s more chat available for our £5 and above patreons, so if you’re not already involved visit patreon.com/standardissue to find out more. We’ve a free trial period, if that tickles your pickle. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Up next, it's Bread Flair and his new band.

0:03.2

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0:07.0

On bad fair casino, everybody's been.

0:11.3

Gonna bring new games, gonna show you now.

0:15.0

New game party.

0:18.3

Dropping hits every week. find the new slots

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on back to be gamblerware dot all that's right standard issue for all

0:32.5

all right smashes welcome to a fresh week of standard issue podcasts. If you're having a bank holiday,

0:39.6

I hope it's a corker. And thanks for fitting my chat with Dr Paula Bartley about brilliant political

0:45.2

women from history into your mix. As you listen, I'm driving from the Kent Coast of Glasgow.

0:51.2

I'm going to need a bigger podcast. With plenty coming up for you this week,

0:55.2

Jen has been chatting to journalist Rose Stokes about iron inefficiency and why it's a feminist issue.

1:00.9

There's a rated or dated in which Jen and Hannah watch Pammy Anderson working her assets off in 1996's

1:07.0

Barb Wire. It's got a 28% rating on Rotten Potatoes, so I really cannot get odds at Labbrooks

1:13.9

for the result on this one. And on Friday, Hannah is chatting to my lovely pal, Laura Jackson,

1:18.8

deputy head of travel at the Times and Sunday Times, about how everything going on in the world

1:23.6

at the moment might affect your holiday this year. Laura has promised there's good news too,

1:28.8

which I am pleased about as I am going on holiday with Laura in a couple of weeks.

1:33.9

Back to this episode, Dr Paula Bartley is a women's historian and author of the new book, Trailblazers,

1:40.1

the first women elected to government. She is also a total delight with a real passion for her subjects.

1:46.5

We are chatting the rise of women in global government,

1:49.2

the boon of war and revolution when it comes to political equality,

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