Dr Victoria Bateman
@vnbateman.bsky.social
Author of #Economica: A Global History of Women, Wealth & Power. Resident economic historian on BBC Radio 4 #UnderstandTheEconomy. Fellow of the Royal Historical Society & RSA.
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Just four weeks to go until the publication of my new book #ECONOMICA: A Global History of Women, Wealth & Power @headlinebooks.bsky.social @hachetteuk.bsky.social on 28 August. It’s time to place women at the heart of economic history. #womenwealthpower #econhist
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Latest Daily on Monocle Radio. @erinmbohalloran.bsky.social and Sir William Patey on President Ahmed al-Sharaa's White House visit and the day's other stuff, and @vnbateman.bsky.social introduces her new book "Economica" to @anitariotta.bsky.social. monocle.com/radio/shows/...
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November 10, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Latest Daily on Monocle Radio. @erinmbohalloran.bsky.social and Sir William Patey on President Ahmed al-Sharaa's White House visit and the day's other stuff, and @vnbateman.bsky.social introduces her new book "Economica" to @anitariotta.bsky.social. monocle.com/radio/shows/...
In conversation with Harriet MacMillan about my new book #Economica: A Global History of Women, Wealth & Power (@headlinebooks.bsky.social) 📗 at Glasgow’s #AyeWrite Literary Festival today, answering the question: What can women do in response to the current backlash?
November 9, 2025 at 6:42 PM
In conversation with Harriet MacMillan about my new book #Economica: A Global History of Women, Wealth & Power (@headlinebooks.bsky.social) 📗 at Glasgow’s #AyeWrite Literary Festival today, answering the question: What can women do in response to the current backlash?
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‘A central theme [of @vnbateman.bsky.social’s book] is that the trajectory of gender equality more closely resembles a roller-coaster than a straight line. There are places (Egypt, Iran, India) where women have fewer freedoms than they did many centuries ago.’
Great set of reviews
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Great set of reviews
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What we still get wrong about women’s role in global economics
From the Enlightenment to today’s ‘tradwives’, three books look at the tension between production and reproduction
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November 9, 2025 at 9:14 AM
‘A central theme [of @vnbateman.bsky.social’s book] is that the trajectory of gender equality more closely resembles a roller-coaster than a straight line. There are places (Egypt, Iran, India) where women have fewer freedoms than they did many centuries ago.’
Great set of reviews
on.ft.com/4olyOut
Great set of reviews
on.ft.com/4olyOut
Delighted that the FT have reviewed my new book, #Economica: A Global History of Women, Wealth & Power. The reviewer writes “Economica is an epic…[&] important retelling of global economic history that puts women at the centre”. Out now @headlinebooks.bsky.social @hachetteuk.bsky.social #EconHist
November 8, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Delighted that the FT have reviewed my new book, #Economica: A Global History of Women, Wealth & Power. The reviewer writes “Economica is an epic…[&] important retelling of global economic history that puts women at the centre”. Out now @headlinebooks.bsky.social @hachetteuk.bsky.social #EconHist
An absolute pleasure to speak @greshamcollege.bsky.social today. Full lecture available to watch now. #Economica #womenwealthpower m.youtube.com/watch?v=kZcd...
How Women Made the Global Economy - Victoria Bateman
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November 6, 2025 at 10:44 PM
An absolute pleasure to speak @greshamcollege.bsky.social today. Full lecture available to watch now. #Economica #womenwealthpower m.youtube.com/watch?v=kZcd...
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Was lovely to see Dr Bateman @vnbateman.bsky.social lecturing at Gresham College today on How Women Made the Global Economy. Based on lessons from her new book, Economica, Dr Bateman explained the central role women have played as entrepreneurs, industrialists, and leaders across time and societies
November 6, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Was lovely to see Dr Bateman @vnbateman.bsky.social lecturing at Gresham College today on How Women Made the Global Economy. Based on lessons from her new book, Economica, Dr Bateman explained the central role women have played as entrepreneurs, industrialists, and leaders across time and societies
Look forward to speaking @greshamcollege.bsky.social London tomorrow at 1pm. Free to attend but only a few tickets remaining, so please book now if you’d like to attend (in person or online): www.gresham.ac.uk/whats-on/wom... #EconHist
November 5, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Look forward to speaking @greshamcollege.bsky.social London tomorrow at 1pm. Free to attend but only a few tickets remaining, so please book now if you’d like to attend (in person or online): www.gresham.ac.uk/whats-on/wom... #EconHist
An honour to be interviewed by Julia Wheeler on stage at Stratford Literary Festival today. A huge thank you to Julia, to the organisers, to the volunteers - and to the wonderful audience for a sold out event. #StratLitFest #Economica #womenwealthpower
October 31, 2025 at 5:29 PM
An honour to be interviewed by Julia Wheeler on stage at Stratford Literary Festival today. A huge thank you to Julia, to the organisers, to the volunteers - and to the wonderful audience for a sold out event. #StratLitFest #Economica #womenwealthpower
At Stratford Literary Festival today - for a SOLD OUT discussion with Julia Wheeler about my new book #Economica: A Global History of Women, Wealth & Power. You can find out more about the women of Economica - along with the book’s core message - at women-wealth-power.com/explore #womenwealthpower
October 31, 2025 at 1:45 PM
At Stratford Literary Festival today - for a SOLD OUT discussion with Julia Wheeler about my new book #Economica: A Global History of Women, Wealth & Power. You can find out more about the women of Economica - along with the book’s core message - at women-wealth-power.com/explore #womenwealthpower
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October's book recommendations over at Beyond Curie. Including picks from Rosa Espinoza, Rae Wynn-Grant, Sarah Ruden, @vnbateman.bsky.social and @christinewebb.bsky.social
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October 30, 2025 at 7:06 PM
October's book recommendations over at Beyond Curie. Including picks from Rosa Espinoza, Rae Wynn-Grant, Sarah Ruden, @vnbateman.bsky.social and @christinewebb.bsky.social
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Speaking to the legendary Dr Martin Latham @waterstones.bsky.social Canterbury about my new book #Economica: A Global History of Women, Wealth & Power #womenwealthpower @headlinebooks.bsky.social
October 30, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Speaking to the legendary Dr Martin Latham @waterstones.bsky.social Canterbury about my new book #Economica: A Global History of Women, Wealth & Power #womenwealthpower @headlinebooks.bsky.social
My latest for @historyextra.bsky.social: “The Real History Behind The Forsytes: How Much Of The Drama Is True?” | HistoryExtra #EconHist #LateVictorian #PeriodDrama #TheForsytes www.historyextra.com/period/victo...
The real history behind The Forsytes
The Forsytes, a new drama adaptation of John Galsworthy's novels, has landed on British screens, giving viewers a sumptuous look at late Victorian London – a world of dazzling excess and great divide....
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October 30, 2025 at 4:45 PM
My latest for @historyextra.bsky.social: “The Real History Behind The Forsytes: How Much Of The Drama Is True?” | HistoryExtra #EconHist #LateVictorian #PeriodDrama #TheForsytes www.historyextra.com/period/victo...
It will be a huge honour to deliver the 2026 #HajnalLecture at the University of Manchester. It will also be something of a homecoming: Manchester was not only the place I grew up, it shaped my love of Economic History. #Manchester #EconHist @manchester.ac.uk #ArthurLewisLab @nunopgpalma.bsky.social
October 30, 2025 at 12:13 PM
It will be a huge honour to deliver the 2026 #HajnalLecture at the University of Manchester. It will also be something of a homecoming: Manchester was not only the place I grew up, it shaped my love of Economic History. #Manchester #EconHist @manchester.ac.uk #ArthurLewisLab @nunopgpalma.bsky.social
From Bath to Canterbury in one day - the #Economica book tour is underway. Looking forward to Stratford-upon-Avon this Friday followed by Brighton, Oxford, London & Glasgow next week.
October 28, 2025 at 9:37 PM
From Bath to Canterbury in one day - the #Economica book tour is underway. Looking forward to Stratford-upon-Avon this Friday followed by Brighton, Oxford, London & Glasgow next week.
The perfect pair 📗📕 #Economica & #womenwhoruledtheworld
Spotted in @hatchards.bsky.social St Pancras, Women Who Rules the World: 5000 Years of Female Monarchy, alongside the fabulous Economica by @vnbateman.bsky.social #womenwhoruledtheworld #economica
October 24, 2025 at 7:19 PM
The perfect pair 📗📕 #Economica & #womenwhoruledtheworld
October 24, 2025 at 3:59 PM
One of the secrets of #StPetersBasilica #VaticanCity: Bernini’s sculpture of a woman representing #NakedTruth with her toe on Britain, as a sign of disapproval.
October 15, 2025 at 12:28 PM
One of the secrets of #StPetersBasilica #VaticanCity: Bernini’s sculpture of a woman representing #NakedTruth with her toe on Britain, as a sign of disapproval.
Want to know more about the work of the #NobelPrize-winning economic historian #JoelMokyr? Read Chapter 8 of my new book - #Economica - or my review of Mokyr’s “A Culture of Growth: The Origins of the Modern Economy” here: www.timeshighereducation.com/books/review...
A Culture of Growth: The Origins of the Modern Economy, by Joel Mokyr
Victoria Bateman on why the Enlightenment took root in Europe and how it helped to spur economic expansion
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October 13, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Want to know more about the work of the #NobelPrize-winning economic historian #JoelMokyr? Read Chapter 8 of my new book - #Economica - or my review of Mokyr’s “A Culture of Growth: The Origins of the Modern Economy” here: www.timeshighereducation.com/books/review...
TONIGHT at 6pm in Cambridge 📗📚 Can’t wait to introduce you to some of my favourite female entrepreneurs, merchants, bankers and economic revolutionaries from the past - the women who made the global economy. And I can promise free bookmarks! #Economica #womenwealthpower
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-...
October 9, 2025 at 2:31 PM
TONIGHT at 6pm in Cambridge 📗📚 Can’t wait to introduce you to some of my favourite female entrepreneurs, merchants, bankers and economic revolutionaries from the past - the women who made the global economy. And I can promise free bookmarks! #Economica #womenwealthpower
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
October 8, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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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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?...
@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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September 30, 2025 at 6:35 AM
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?...
@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?...
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
October 7, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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
My latest interview is out now:
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A pleasure to speak to Charlotte Owen-Burge #womenwealthpower #Economica
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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.
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October 7, 2025 at 12:18 PM
My latest interview is out now:
www.theskylark.org/post/victori...
A pleasure to speak to Charlotte Owen-Burge #womenwealthpower #Economica
www.theskylark.org/post/victori...
A pleasure to speak to Charlotte Owen-Burge #womenwealthpower #Economica
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Anyone else going Cambridge people?
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-...
October 6, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Anyone else going Cambridge people?
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-...
October 4, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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-...