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Dr Victoria Bateman @vnbateman.bsky.social · 12h

Excited to be speaking at #Heffers in #Cambridge tomorrow - the first week of the new academic year. Last chance to book tickets if you’re able to come along: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/economica-... Look forward to seeing you there if so. #Economica #womenwealthpower

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Autumn Phaneuf, MSE, Ph.D (h.c) @1autumnleaf.bsky.social · 8d

What if the real reason Britain got rich wasn’t coal, colonies, or clever inventors… but women with wages in their pockets?

@vnbateman.bsky.social joins us on @breakingmath.bsky.social to rewrite the story of prosperity. #math #economics #academicsky #science

Listen now: youtu.be/-n_f1XdloHU?...

Economica with Victoria Bateman

YouTube video by Breaking Math

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Dr Victoria Bateman @vnbateman.bsky.social · 1d

At the National Portrait Gallery, placing women at the heart of Economic History. Launching my new book, #Economica: A Global History of Women, Wealth & Power, out now @headlinebooks.bsky.social #womenwealthpower

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Dr Victoria Bateman @vnbateman.bsky.social · 1d

My latest interview is out now:
www.theskylark.org/post/victori...
A pleasure to speak to Charlotte Owen-Burge #womenwealthpower #Economica

Victoria Bateman: If every woman had the ability to control her own fertility, the world would be a very different place

The historian and Cambridge economist on the myths that erased women from history, the “tradwife” revival, and how control over women’s lives shapes economies.

www.theskylark.org

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Antony Carpen @acarpen.bsky.social · 2d

Anyone else going Cambridge people?

Dr Victoria Bateman @vnbateman.bsky.social · 4d

In #Cambridge this Thursday? Want to hear how women made the global economy? Do come along to #Heffers to hear me talk about my new book, #Economica: A Global History of Women, Wealth & Power (@headlinebooks.bsky.social). Tickets here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/economica-...

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Dr Victoria Bateman @vnbateman.bsky.social · 4d

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Dr Victoria Bateman @vnbateman.bsky.social · 4d

In #Cambridge this Thursday? Want to hear how women made the global economy? Do come along to #Heffers to hear me talk about my new book, #Economica: A Global History of Women, Wealth & Power (@headlinebooks.bsky.social). Tickets here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/economica-...

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Dr Victoria Bateman @vnbateman.bsky.social · 5d

Introducing my favourite feminist from history - the rebellious, clever
& unashamed #MaryWollstonecraft - at the launch of my new book, #Economica: A Global history of Women, Wealth & Power @headlinebooks.bsky.social @hachetteuk.bsky.social. It goes to show that women have never been #tradwives.

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Dr Victoria Bateman @vnbateman.bsky.social · 6d

An enormous pleasure to be interviewed by the brilliant Mishal Husain at Bloomberg’s “Davos for Women” this week, discussing my new book, #Economica: A Global History of Women, Wealth & Power (published in the US this week by Basic Books / Seal Press) #BBGWomenMoneyPower

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Dr Victoria Bateman @vnbateman.bsky.social · 8d

🎉🎉🎉 My new book, #Economica: A Global History of Women, Wealth & Power is published in the US today (Basic Books / Seal Press). A huge thank you to @benchu.bsky.social @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social @peterfrankopan.bsky.social @timharford.ft.com @enortonhistory.bsky.social for your kind endorsements.

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Autumn Phaneuf, MSE, Ph.D (h.c) @1autumnleaf.bsky.social · 8d

This one’s sharp, provocative, and timely.

🎧 Listen to our full conversation with Dr Victoria Bateman @vnbateman.bsky.social on Breaking Math Podcast @breakingmath.bsky.social

💬 And tell us: What do you think economists still get wrong about women and growth?

youtu.be/-n_f1XdloHU?...

Economica with Victoria Bateman

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Dr Victoria Bateman @vnbateman.bsky.social · 8d

📡 Such a pleasure to speak to @1autumnleaf.bsky.social @breakingmath.bsky.social podcast about my new book - published today in the US - #Economica: A Global History of Women, Wealth & Power (Seal Press / Basic Books). #econhist

Breaking Math @breakingmath.bsky.social · 8d

What if the Industrial Revolution wasn’t powered by coal or colonies… but by women with wages in their pockets?

New Breaking Math episode with @vnbateman.bsky.social and @1autumnleaf.bsky.social #AcademicSky #math #economics #womeninscience #edusky #science

youtu.be/-n_f1XdloHU?...

Economica with Victoria Bateman

YouTube video by Breaking Math

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Dr Victoria Bateman @vnbateman.bsky.social · 11d

A pleasure to speak and sign copies of my new book, #Economica: A Global History of Women, Wealth & Power at Guildford Book Festival today. Thank you to everyone who came along. #womenwealthpower

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Dr Victoria Bateman @vnbateman.bsky.social · 13d

Really enjoyed chatting with @nickshepley.bsky.social - available now to listen 👇 (with a super write up here: explaininghistory.org/2025/09/25/e...) #womenwealthpower

Nick Shepley @nickshepley.bsky.social · 13d

I did a great interview yesterday with @vnbateman.bsky.social about her new book Economica, a history of women’s work, wealth and power: open.spotify.com/episode/6z8Q...

Economica: The Hidden History of Women, Wealth, and Power

open.spotify.com

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Dr Victoria Bateman @vnbateman.bsky.social · 17d

You can listen to me discussing my new book - #Economica: A Global History of Women, Wealth & Power - on the @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social podcast with the fabulous Miranda Melcher: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/v... #womenwealthpower

Victoria Bateman,

Podcast Episode · New Books in Economic and Business History · 20/09/2025 · 57m

podcasts.apple.com

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Prospect Magazine @prospectmagazine.co.uk · 21d

There’s nothing traditional about a “tradwife”, writes Victoria Bateman. “Women have always been at the heart of the economy, doing everything from building pyramids to mining coal and brewing beer.”

Why tradwives aren’t trad

The housewife is a Victorian invention. History shows us women’s true economic power

www.prospectmagazine.co.uk

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Dr Victoria Bateman @vnbateman.bsky.social · 19d

Thank you @profaliceroberts.bsky.social Delighted to say that the audiobook version of #Economica is out now in the UK. Really enjoyed recording it - and really looking forward to listening to #Domination.

Dr Victoria Bateman @vnbateman.bsky.social · 20d

My new book - #Economica: A Global History of Women, Wealth & Power - in good company in the window of @hatchards.bsky.social bookshop, London, with @profaliceroberts.bsky.social, James Fox and Harry Sidebottom.

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Dr Victoria Bateman @vnbateman.bsky.social · 21d

A pleasure to chat with Danny Bird at BBC History Magazine about my new book #Economica: A Global History of Women, Wealth & Power. You can read the interview in print (October edition, out now) or listen to the podcast @historyextra.bsky.social: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/h... #womenwealthpower

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Antony Carpen @acarpen.bsky.social · 23d

"Economica - Victoria Bateman, at Heffers Bookshop" www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/economica-... Next month with @vnbateman.bsky.social in #Cambridge.

Economica - Victoria Bateman, at Heffers Bookshop

Join us on the 9th of October as Victoria Bateman discusses her brand new book 'Economica', a new history of Women, Wealth, and Power.

www.eventbrite.co.uk

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Dr Victoria Bateman @vnbateman.bsky.social · 23d

Delighted to be ⁦at #SevenoaksBookshop today‬⁩ signing copies of my new book #Economica: A Global History of Women, Wealth & Power, telling the story of how women made the world wealthy. If you’d like to read a history of the global economy that centres women, buy your copy now. #Sevenoaks #Kent

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Dr Victoria Bateman @vnbateman.bsky.social · 26d

The message of #Economica: we cannot explain the rise and decline of civilisations - or insulate our own economies from the same fate - without placing women’s economic freedoms at the heart of the story. #womenwealthpower @headlinebooks.bsky.social @hachetteuk.bsky.social

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patrickphotos @patrickphotos.bsky.social · 26d

Thanks to @wotsashtead.bsky.social for supplying with Economica: A global history of women, wealth and power by @vnbateman.bsky.social

Economica: A global history of women, wealth and power book in front of Word on the Street bookshop

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Dr Victoria Bateman @vnbateman.bsky.social · 26d

The brilliant @timleunig.bsky.social at the launch of my new book #Economica: A Global History of Women, Wealth & Power, showing - as always - that there is never a dull moment in economic history. Thank you Tim! #womenwealthpower

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Dr Victoria Bateman @vnbateman.bsky.social · 26d

A huge thank you not only to everyone who came along for the launch of my new book #Economica this week but also to everyone who is so kindly taking the time to read, order or recommend it. If you’re attending a book festival or bookshop event this autumn, I can’t wait to meet you. #womenwealthpower

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