The Lex Juliae: How Augustus Brought Women to Heel (The Show Notes)
Our sources for this episode include:
Oregon News: History of fascism, reproductive rights offers lessons for today
Briana Wens: “Why fascism fuels misogyny and how we can fight it,” Broadview
Carrie N. Baker: “Misogynist Manifesto: Project 2025’s Plans to Gut Women’s Rights in the Workplace and Classroom.” Ms Magazine
“Not Just More Babies: These Republicans Want More Parents at Home.” NYTimes
“Biden’s Day Care Plan is Bad for Families.” Wall Street Journal
Suzanne McGee: “What Role Did Women Play in Ancient Rome?” History.com
Adrienne Matei: “From Nazi Germany to Trump’s America: why strongmen rely on women at home.” The Guardian
Mary Tursi: “The Shift in Women’s Rights During the Augustan Age.” Trinity College Digital Repository
Diotíma: Cicero on Clodia
Sallust: “The War with Catiline,” John C. Rolfe translation
Ivy Main: “The strange obsession with low birth rates.” Washington Standard
“How Emperor Augustus interfered with peoples’ marriages to stop Romans having sordid affairs.” HistorySkills.com
W.A. Laurence: “Women’s Legal Rights Are Being Dismantled in Real Time.”
Aarthi Swaminathan. “It’s been illegal to make women have a man co-sign their loans since the ’70s. Now the Trump administration could change that.” Morningstar
“Hitler establishes Mother’s Cross to encourage German women to procreate.” History.com
Kimberley Richards: “Some Conservatives Keep Awkwardly Calling Trump ‘Daddy.’ Experts Weigh In On What’s Behind It.” Huffpost
C. Suetonius Tranquillus: “The Lives of the Twelve Caesars.” C. J. Rolfe translation
Project 2026
Giovanna deStefanis. “The Rise of the MAHA Movement and its Implications for Women.” Feminist Majority Foundation
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