Victoria Bateman: Economica: A global history of women, wealth and power

Sunday 16 November, 3:15pm, QUAD DE1 3AS

This event will be filmed and made available as a digital recording after the Festival. Available for purchase here.

The untold story of how women made the world wealthy.

Historian Victoria Bateman weaves a thrilling, globe-spanning narrative that proves women weren't 'missing' from economic life, they were merely hidden from view. We discover the female workers who helped to build the Great Pyramid of Giza, and to plumb the city of ancient Rome; the silk weavers who made a vital contribution to the development of the Silk Road and global trade; the women who dominated London's brewing trade during medieval times; and the brave 20th-century pioneers who fought to make our economies not just richer but fairer.

Humanity's journey from poverty to prosperity is filled with men who have become household names. But how many female entrepreneurs, merchants and industrialists can you name?

Economica places women at the centre of the story of economic growth. Starting in the Stone Age and continuing to the present day, it takes the reader through the key economic milestones of the past twelve millennia - from the birth of farming to the advent of computing - all told through the experiences of women.

Economica rewrites our understanding of women's role in the economy, and tells a more accurate economic history of us all.

Victoria will be in conversation with Dr Ruth Larsen, Senior Lecturer in History at the University of Derby.

'A must-read for anyone interested in women's history and economic justice' - AMANDA FOREMAN, author of Georgiana and A World on Fire

'An entertainingly readable, well-evidenced global history that places women at its heart' - PROFESSOR SARA HORRELL, LSE

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