Bronze Ceiling is a podcast series by HerStory Maps, a citizen science project aimed at cataloging feminist memorial sites (such as statues, trees, and murals) around the world. In each episode, Marc Calvini-Lefebvre of Aix-Marseille University uncovers the stories behind these sites of remembrance through interviews with artists, activists, and historians who know them well and understand how they have managed to break through the “bronze ceiling” of public commemoration.
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The Bronze Ceiling podcast is part of the HerStory project, which aims to highlight the footprint of women in history in cities across Europe. HerStory aims to develop a transnational map that will feature important women in politics and society as well as in sciences and the arts while bringing to light important historical moments in which women’s action was determinant.
This initiative, on the one hand, will tackle the gender stereotypes that keep women away from decision-making bodies, whether in politics and social life or work while at the same time it will promote role models operating as an empowerment tool for girls and women.
While the term “glass ceiling” refers to the invisible barriers that hinder women’s advancement in the professional world, the “bronze ceiling” is its urban counterpart. It highlights the underrepresentation of women in monuments, statues, and public commemorations.
Article published on Monday, July 20, 2026.
To explore all the episodes, visit https://open.spotify.com/show/5NvXPsDTc702yNY2CLZjCQ
Try HerStorymaps: https://herstorymaps.org/
To contact the project team, send an email to contact@herstorymaps.org
The HerStory project is funded by the European Union. Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values Programme. CERV-2022-GE – Call for proposals to promote gender equality
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