50 Words for Walking (feat. Kerri Andrews)

The WPHP Monthly Mercury

Ramble. Ambulate. Wander. What are the words you use for walking? In our eighth episode, we’re looking to the words that women used to describe walking in print and manuscript during the eighteenth and early-nineteenth centuries, when a surge in pedestrian activity for leisure and pleasure occurred. An interview with guest Dr. Kerri Andrews, author of Wanderers: A History of Women Walking, has us grappling with women’s involvement in that pedestrianism surge, and explore how the language they used (in manuscript and in print) illustrates the age-old tradition of women’s walking that is so often left out of the history books.

If you're interested in exploring this topic further, a blog post containing links to all WPHP records referenced and our suggestions for further reading is available here: https://womensprinthistoryproject.com/blog/post/60