Lucy Worsley, BBC historian has said that she would place women in control of money in order to prevent war and make more investments in education if she was in charge for the future.
Good Housekeeping is celebrating their 100th Anniversary. The British television presenter was interviewed by 48-year-old John Goodman. He discussed women’s history as well as how they have developed over the years.
Joint Chief Curator of Historic Royal Palaces also called it “unimaginable” that women should give up their jobs in getting married in the 1920s.
Lucy Worsley (BBC historian) has stated that she would make women responsible for money to invest in education and avoid war, if in charge in the future
Speaking about what she’d like to see change for women in the coming decades, she said: ‘I would actually put women in charge of the world’s money: I think we’d see very different spending priorities, such as less on war, more on education’.
And addressing the lack of women’s choices 100 years ago, Lucy said: ‘People being worried about me working. I mean, that seems so restricting – giving up your job when you got married, which women used to have to do. This seems impossible.
“This is something that would concern me personally. But what about not having the right to vote or having no birth control? In 100 years, things have changed a lot. While we may feel that we understand the 1920s through films and other media, we have no idea what people thought.
Good Housekeeping celebrated their 100th anniversary with a British television presenter. He, at 48, discussed how the world has changed over the years and looked back on the lives of women.
Lucy spoke out in praise of’more options in life’, but said it wasn’t wide enough.
You can read the complete interview with Lucy Worsley, Good Housekeeping February 20,22 Issue.
And the historian put her love for history down to ‘being nosy’, explaining: ‘It’s just fun and fascinating and you can be nosy about people’s lives. I like the way the long view gives you a sense of perspective – that some things are going to get better, and it also encourages you to look out for things that might be going backwards.
“I believe history gives us hope because it shows that you don’t need things to stay the same.”
Lucy currently stars as Lucy Worsley Investigates on BBC Two. This series focuses on four historic events, each told through the eye of someone who was there.
These stories tell of a woman accused of witchcraft during the Scottish witch hunt in 1590s. She was eventually garroted, and later burned to Edinburgh.
The complete interview with Lucy Worsley is available in Good Housekeeping’s February 2022 issue, which was on sale December 30th. MagsDirect has it available online and in most supermarkets.