Women's Medicine in the 19th Century (with a side of spice) with Adriana Herrera

Season 6, Episode 13. Welcome back to Exploress Book Club! Join me and Adriana Herrera, author of the historical romance novel A Tropical Rebel Gets the Duke , as we time travel back to the 1890s Paris. Adriana will tell us all about putting women of color back into historical romance, women's medicine and reproductive rights in the 19th century, and the pioneering lady doctors who defied convention to offer life-changing care. This was such a fun conversation, and I hope you enjoy it as much as I did! To find out more about Adriana's many excellent books, including the first two in her Las Leonas series, check out her website . You can watch the video version of our chat for free over on Patreon for the rest of October 2025. Ways to support The Exploress: Become a patron and enjoy exclusive bonus episodes Grab a book by one of our guests, or read the current Exploress Book Club pick, at the Exploress Bookshop Buy some merch and art available at the Exploress shop Check out Kate's novel, NIGHTBIRDS, and its sequel FYREBIRDS

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Women's Medicine in the 19th Century (with a side of spice) with Adriana Herrera is an episode from The Exploress Podcast by Kate J. Armstrong.

This episode is 47:15 long.

This episode was published on Oct 13, 2025.

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