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The Irish Lady Pirate, Gráinne O’Malley
Gráinne Ní Mháille was a 16th-century woman who led the Ó Máille dynasty in the west of Ireland. She is an iconic heroine of Irish history, so we nee…
1 year, 9 months ago
Author Interview: Mary McMyne (A Rose By Any Other Name)
William Shakespeare dedicated many of his sonnets to someone known only as the Dark Lady. Novelist Mary McMyne imagines that this was maybe a witch n…
1 year, 9 months ago
Cassie Chadwick, The Greatest Grifter of the Gilded Age (with Annie Reed)
Cassie Chadwick, one of history's most successful con artists, was a master of reinvention. In the dusk of the Gilded Age, she swept from town to tow…
1 year, 9 months ago
Author Interview: Therese Oneill (The Forgotten Sluts and Shrews Who Shaped America)
Slut. Shrew. Sinful. Scold. The 19th- and early 20th-century American women profiled in Therese Oneill's new book Unbecoming A Woman were called all …
1 year, 10 months ago
Vaccination Pioneer Lady Mary Wortley Montagu
Lady Mary Wortley Montagu was an English aristocrat, medical pioneer, writer, and poet. She learned about the practice of smallpox inoculation while …
1 year, 10 months ago
The Mysterious Foreign Princess Who Wasn't What She Seemed
It's a crossover special! Last month, I went on The Art of Crime to share the story of Princess Caraboo (not her real name). And today, we're playing…
1 year, 10 months ago
French Revolution: Witnesses (part 7): The Lady Painter
Season 7 Episode 22
Adélaïde Labille-Guiard, aka Adélaïde Des Vertus was one of the greatest female painters in 18th-century France. The path was not easy for female pai…
1 year, 10 months ago
French Revolution: Witnesses (part 6): Madame Tussaud
Season 7 Episode 21
It's a Halloween special! While the French Revolution turned into The Terror, people still had to keep working their regular jobs, including today's …
1 year, 11 months ago
Bonus: Ann Is Writing A Book!
Bonus! I'm hard at work right now writing my book Rebel of the Regency, a biography of Caroline of Brunswick (coming in 2026 published by Hanover Squ…
1 year, 11 months ago
French Revolution: Witnesses (part 5): Lafayette's Later Years
Season 7 Episode 20
In this instalment of How Do You Solve A Problem Like Marie Antoinette, we wrap up the saga of a man who Marie Antointte truly hated, the Marquis de …
1 year, 11 months ago