Stuff You Missed in History Class
Stuff You Missed in History Class
iHeartPodcasts
SYMHC Classics: Gertrude Bell, The Uncrowned Queen of Iraq
19 minutes Posted Jul 14, 2018 at 6:00 am.
0:00
19:26
Download MP3
Show notes

This classic revisits an episode from Sarah and Deblina, talking about Gertrude Bell, the first woman to graduate with a First in Modern History from Oxford. Instead of marrying young, she went to Persia. Inspired, she traveled across the Middle East on numerous exploratory treks. But would it last in a time of war?

Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.