What'sHerName
THE VOICE OF EXPERIENCE Catherine Jemmat
Published: 16 March 2026 at 04:30 Europe/London
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Episode notes
After a lifetime of betrayal and abuse as an 18th century sex worker, Catherine Jemmat broke the ultimate social taboo: she wrote the truth about her life. Her "scandalous memoir" helped change the way readers thought about women's lives, and her second book introduced a radical new idea into English society - that the true 'abuser' driving desperate women into lives of so-called sin and degradation was, in fact - society itself.
Returning guest Miranda Garno Rossa is back to introduce Olivia to this courageous, unexpected heroine.
Music featured in this episode provided by Amanda Setlik Wilson, The Herschel Ensemble, Kevin MacLeod, and Pablo Casals
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