Women's History & Literature Podcast
In Walks A Woman: Books, History, Culture, Woman's POV
Season 5: "Fallen Women"
Reading List in Order*
Virgin: The Untouched History by Hanne Blank (2007, published by Bloomsbury USA)
Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare (circa 1598, British)
Clarissa; or, The History of a Young Lady by Samuel Richardson (1748, British)
The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne (1850, American)
Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert (1856, French)
Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy (1878, Russian)
The Five: The Untold LIves of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper by Hallie Rubenhold (2019, published by Harper Collins) Placed here on the list because these murders took place in London in 1888.
Tess of the D'Urbervilles: A Pure Woman by Thomas Hardy (1891, British)
Gossip Girl (television series that ran from 2007-2012, currently streaming on Netflix)
*These will go in order, but there will be weeks where we feature an interview with a writer or historian. Season 5 will run--aproximately-- from January to April 2026. Please also note that some of these books are particularly long...Clarissa is about 1,500 pages. So if you are doing a book club, budget time!
About In Walks A Woman
Why the pod?
Why the pod?
Why the pod?
The pod is the natural evolution of a 15-year-long conversation between Sonja and Vanessa about history, literature, pop culture, and feminism. We cancel nothing, but we DO ask questions about everything.
Meet Sonja
Why the pod?
Why the pod?
When not in the classroom, Sonja enjoys playing in the dirt (sometimes growing vegetables), cooking, reading, and podcasting with Vanessa. Sonja and her husband Eric have two grown kids, and a diabolical tuxedo cat named Lina.
Meet Vanessa
Why the pod?
Meet Vanessa
Vanessa has taught for over 25 years, a patchwork of college/high school/middle school. Along the way she's has raised a daughter and a son and adopted a cat or two. Vanessa adores literature and history--especially where they intersect.