Women Rebels: The Spanish Civil War

Betwixt The Sheets: The History of Sex, Scandal & Society

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Society, Sex, Scandal, Education, History

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🗓️ 10 March 2023

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

From aristocratic rebels to Civil Rights activists, tens of thousands of people travelled to Spain during the Civil War - and not all of them were men...

Whether they were fighting, nursing or reporting, in this episode of Betwixt the Sheets we are going to meet a few of the women who chose to risk their lives.

Kate is joined by Sarah Watling, author of ‘Tomorrow Perhaps the Future’ to hear about Gerda Taro, Martha Gelhorn and more.

*WARNING there are adult words and themes in this episode*

Produced by Charlotte Long and Sophie Gee. Mixed by Anisha Deva.

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0:00.0	Hello my lovely bitwixters, it's me, K-lister!
0:03.6	I am here with your Fair Doos warning to protect you from yourselves,
0:07.8	to protect you from me, and to protect you from my guests.
0:11.2	Because this is an adult podcast, with adults talking about adult things to other adults,
0:16.2	and if you're not an adult, you should not be listening to this.
0:19.1	And if you're an adult and you do want to listen to this,
0:21.6	then you have nobody to blame but yourself if you are offended.
0:24.2	Because Fair Doos, you have been warned.
0:30.8	Pitch of the Scene Betwixters, it's 1936.
0:35.2	Nationalist rebels have begun a military revolt against Spain's Republican government,
0:40.2	and this uprising has become a civil war.
0:43.6	Machingans and cannons are battering the country,
0:46.7	and you don't live there, mind you, but you're aware this civil war is going on.
0:50.9	What would it have taken for you to upsticks, travel to Spain, and try and help?
0:58.0	I'm not sure I would have done that,
1:00.3	but lots of people did.
1:02.3	And today, Betwix the Sheets, we're going to find out who they were.
1:11.2	What do you look for, a man?
1:12.4	Oh, money of course.
1:14.2	You're supposed to rise when an adult speaks to you.
1:16.4	I make perfect copies of whatever my boss needs.
1:19.5	I just turn him in love and push him in love.
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