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Icons: Miss Cleo
Season 4 Episode 168
Miss Cleo, or Youree Dell Harris, (1962-2016) was a television psychic known for sitting behind a large table adorned with a crystal ball and candles…
2 years, 9 months ago
Icons: Maxine Feldman
Season 4 Episode 167
Maxine "Max" Feldman (1945-2007) was a folk singer-songwriter who made significant contributions to the women’s music movement through her unwavering…
2 years, 9 months ago
Icons: James How and Mrs. How
Season 4 Episode 166
James How, also known as Mary East, and their wife Mrs. How (c. 1760s) were pillars of their eighteenth century English community, until a blackmaile…
2 years, 10 months ago
Icons: Lesley Gore
Season 4 Episode 165
Lesley Gore (1946-2015) was a pop singer who topped the charts in the 1960s. Her songs gave a voice to teenage love and angst — and to the burgeoning…
2 years, 10 months ago
Icons: Lella Lombardi
Season 4 Episode 164
Lella Lombardi (1941-1992) was a legend of Formula 1 racing. The most successful female driver in F-1 history, she was known on and off the track for…
2 years, 10 months ago
Bonus Episode: Dakota Rei’s Abortion Story
Planned Parenthood is our partner in reducing the stigma around abortion. In today’s bonus episode we share facts about abortion and hear from Dakota…
2 years, 10 months ago
Icons: Jackie Shane
Season 4 Episode 163
Jackie Shane (1940-2019) Black transgender soul singer who shook things up in the rhythm and blues scene in Toronto. Her legacy was almost lost to hi…
2 years, 10 months ago
Icons: Osh-Tisch
Season 4 Episode 162
Osh-Tisch (1854-1929) was among the last badé of the Crow Nation: an assigned-male-at-birth person who occupied ceremonial and social roles usually f…
2 years, 10 months ago
Icons: Erika Mann
Season 4 Episode 161
Erika Mann (1905-1969) was an actress, writer and war journalist, whose work always marched towards two goals: anti-fascism, and freedom of choice.
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2 years, 10 months ago
Icons: Ella Holmes White and Marie Grice Young
Season 4 Episode 160
Ella Holmes White (1856-1942) and Marie Grice Young (1876-1959) survived the sinking of the Titanic. Their commitment to each other was as strong as …
2 years, 10 months ago