@vnbateman
Author of #Economica: A Global History of Women, Wealth & Power (an FT Best Book of 2025). Resident economic historian on BBC Radio 4 #UnderstandTheEconomy. Fellow of the Royal Historical Society & RSA.
Today is the 250th anniversary of the publication of Adam Smith’s the #WealthofNations, in which he argued that free trade & free markets were a far better way of organising the global economy than imperial domination, brute force & tariff protection. It seems that we still have a lot to learn.
@vnbateman.bsky.social I reviewed Economica for the @echistsocreview.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/.... It’s great! Thoroughly enjoyed it, and here I say why we need to take this long run view of women in economic activity very seriously
My message to fellow feminists: modesty culture is not our saviour - it will not deliver equality. It is a Trojan horse. While it promises to help women, it hurts women. Across the world, it constrains women’s work, health, safety & schooling. #MyBodyMyChoice is the only answer.
At #SundayPapersLive with #RosieViva delivering a revealing talk for #InternationalWomensDay2026. My message to Donald Trump: hands off women’s bodies.
Freedom of the mind cannot be achieved without freedom of the body.
This weekend, we're celebrating #InternationalWomensDay! ✨
#Economic history is often told as a story about men. Dr Victoria Bateman uncovers the forgotten stories of female producers, bankers & economic revolutionaries who helped shape the fortunes of nations
Watch 👉 https://gres.hm/economy
🎉Announcement 🎉 For Women's History Month, @1autumnleaf.bsky.social and I have a special 4-part podcast mini-series on women who changed the world by applying mathematics to real-world problems
The first episode is out now @breakingmath.bsky.social👇🏻
(podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/p...)
Happy Women in History Month! @vnbateman.bsky.social and @1autumnleaf.bsky.social have a little miniseries surprise for you on Fridays this month! Check out this week's episode on Priscilla Wakefield
open.substack.com/pub/breaking...
#Economica 📗 at the British Museum this evening - as captured by the brilliant www.olgawaller.art
Excited to be heading to the British Museum this evening, where I’m going to be talking about my latest book, #Economica: A Global History of Women, Wealth & Power @headlinebooks.bsky.social @basicbooksgroup.bsky.social #InternationalWomensDay2026 #WomensHistoryMonth
Elizabeth Norton and I will be putting women at the heart of history at #WinchesterBookFestival this April. Do come along if you’re nearby - would be lovely to see you there: winchesterbooksfestival.com/events/dr-vi...
#womenshistorymonth #internationalwomensweek
Looking forward to being “In Conversation” with Elizabeth Norton very soon: winchesterbooksfestival.com/events/dr-vi...
A very big thank you to everyone who has purchased #Economica 📗 - currently number 2 on the Amazon bestseller list for #econhist. I look forward to hearing your thoughts.
Coming your way this #InternationalWomensWeek #IWD2026 #WomensHistoryMonth2026
Book cover: Economica-a global history of women, wealth and power, by Victoria Bateman
“Once you add women and stir, our understanding of the past changes forever”
Very much enjoying @vnbateman.bsky.social writing women back into our economic history
The real life love story that shattered class barriers in Regency Britain. Are you #Bridgerton ready? #BridgertonSeason4 @netflix.com
It started with a seemingly innocuous assumption, an easily made logical leap: For a rather long time, archeologists who found burial sites with weapons or hunting gear inside would label the remains as male.
Fresh new piece:
www.broadhistory.com/weve-been-ve...
Turns out when we assume things in history, we end up with cake on our faces. If you don't feel like reading my latest piece, here's a quick vid of me explaining it and playing to the youtube gods.
www.youtube.com/shorts/fn0Hp...
Want to know how women made the world wealthy? Want to see history through the eyes of female entrepreneurs, traders, inventors & bankers? #Economica 📗 will be out in paperback on 2 July @headlinebooks.bsky.social. Preorder now to get 25% off @waterstones.bsky.social #WPreorder #womenwealthpower
I’m excited to announce that #Economica 📗 will be published @headlinebooks.bsky.social as a paperback on 2nd July and, if you pre-order, you can get 25% off online @waterstones.bsky.social between now and Friday. Just enter “FEB26” at the checkout. #WPreorder
Was gonna paint my kitchen today. Wrote this instead. www.broadhistory.com/the-housewif...
Introducing three of my favourite couples from business history for #ValentinesDay
An honour to be interviewed by the brilliant @isabelleroughol.com for #BroadHistory
Thank you for hosting me this week @stalbansmuseums.bsky.social for my latest book #Economica 📗 - a wonderful opportunity to see all of the sights, including @stalbanscathedral.bsky.social, the clocktower and the Roman museum. A beautiful and historic city.
The economy is not - and never has been - just for men. #Economica on #BroadHistory @isabelleroughol.com
What are you doing tonight at 7pm? Would you like to hear an economic history of the world from the Stone Age to the present - all in 1 hour? If so, come along @stalbansmuseums.bsky.social or join online: shop.stalbansmuseums.org.uk/products/mus.... No economics needed and for all ages. #Economica
History can be our greatest ammunition: #Economica on #BroadHistory podcast @isabelleroughol.com
The fascinating history of #StAlbans, where I’ll be speaking @stalbansmuseums.bsky.social on 11 February. Do join me in person or online: www.stalbansmuseums.org.uk/whats-on/eco... #Economica #womenwealthpower
Maybe economic success isn't rocket science? @vnbateman.bsky.social
Women were engineered out of the workforce. It wasn't an accident. The myth of the housewife as some natural and eternal state of being is one that drives me up the wall every time.
Full episode out soon, sign up at broadhistory.com.
📷 @lselibrary.bsky.social & National Portrait Gallery, London
