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Back to SearchLaura Ingalls Wilder: The Do-over, Part Two
Laura Ingalls Wilder's books inspired us as children with a fascination for history. And her story has been with us since the beginning of the podcas…
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Laura Ingalls Wilder: The Do-over, Part One
Once upon a time, back in 2011, we shared the story of Laura Ingalls Wilder, beloved author of the Little House series and chronicler of life on the …
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Boudica
Boudica (formerly known as Boadicea ) was a first‑century Celtic queen of the Iceni tribe in what’s now eastern England. After the Roman Empire seize…
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Bonus: History Chicks History
To celebrate International Women's Day on March 8th, and Women's History Month during all of March, we have a short message for you all. We couldn't …
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Dovey Johnson Roundtree
Dovey Johnson Roundtree grew up in the Jim Crow era South and carried her grandmother’s philosophy of "find a way or make one” as her armor into ev…
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Odetta
Odetta was one of the defining voices of American folk music. Though she had been trained in classical music, she was drawn to spirituals, work songs…
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Grandma Moses
Grandma Moses spent most of her life living on family farms in upstate New York, raising a large family and running a household. She was known in her…
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Ona Judge, 2026
Ona Judge defied one of the most revered historical figures in America in order to escape the institution of slavery. Though she spent the rest of h…
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Mother Jones
Mother Jones lived one of the most dramatic second acts in American history. Though her early life was shaped by poverty, immigration, and repeated p…
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Martha Gellhorn
Martha Gellhorn was one of the most influential war correspondents of the 20th century. Over the course of a 60-year career, she reported from nearly…
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