Episode 032 - The Mad Women's Ball - "Misogyny&Madness" - a podcast by Ear Glue Media

This week marked the release of The Mad Women's Ball, a feminist melodrama directed by Mélanie Laurent which takes a look at the abuses of a Paris hospital in the 19th century. The History Girls are back this week to cover all the details, provide insight and impressions of to expect, and look at other historic and shocking examples of the horrors women faced during this period.

Introduction 

• The Mad Women's Ball
• Initial Reactions 
• The Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital
• Jean-Martin Charcot Louise Augustine Gleizes
• Costumes

 

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