This article examines the methodological foundations of feminist economics and seeks to determine whether the research methods traditionally used in economics are sufficient to achieve feminist goals. The objective of the article is to demonstrate the value of employing qualitative and non-standard research methods in economics - such as oral history - to advance feminist goals and, at the same time, to enrich economic knowledge more broadly. To achieve this, it first discusses economic methodology, contrasting the Cartesian/Euclidean and Babylonian modes of thought. It then presents oral history as a case study of a feminist method of inquiry. Finally, the article discusses the findings of a systematic literature review to demonstrate how oral history has been employed in economic research and for what purposes. The analysis shows that oral history has made a valuable contribution to economic knowledge by capturing dimensions of economic reality. While acknowledging the limitations of the method, the article concludes that oral history is a valuable complement to conventional methods and aligns well with feminist economists’ commitment to methodological pluralism.