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The fire that started a Victorian gender war

21 min•2 maj 2026

Paris, 1897. The Bazar de la Charité blaze killed 118 women and girls. Where were the men?

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On this episode:

Isabelle Roughol - Host

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Jump to:

(00:00) - Intro
(00:35) - Member shout-out
(01:55) - Upcoming guests
(03:04) - This week's story
(04:25) - Tuesday, May 4th, 1897: A fire at a Catholic charity sale.
(08:13) - Cowardly Gentlemen and Working Class Heroes
(10:43) - The "Knights Jitters"
(11:54) - Heroes and martyrs in a political storm
(14:32) - And women in all that?
(16:41) - Did the behaviour of men cause more women to die?
(17:56) - An intimate tragedy
(18:46) - Outro

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