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Trailblazers and troublemakers: women who made French history

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4.34.7K Ratings

🗓️ 11 March 2026

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Have women been relegated to the footnotes of French history? Katherine Pangonis – whose latest book is A History of France in 21 Women – tells Charlotte Vosper about why their stories have been pushed to the sidelines, and highlights some of the pioneering personalities who deserve to be better known. ----- GO BEYOND THE PODCAST For more on change-making historical women from Katherine Pangonis, you can read all about the formidable queens who ruled and fought in medieval Jerusalem in this HistoryExtra article: https://bit.ly/4jvr0Vi Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Why have women so often been relegated to footnotes in French history?

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In this episode of the History Extra podcast, Catherine Pangonis, whose latest book is A History of France

1:45.5

and 21 Women, tells Charlotte Vosper about the female trailblazers and troublemakers, whose role

1:52.2

in the nation's past has not perhaps been fully appreciated. In your book, you tell the history

1:58.1

of France through the lives of 21 women. Why did you choose these women?

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