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Maritime Madams: Jeanne de Clisson
Season 6 Episode 212
Jeanne de Clisson (1300-1359) is known as the “Lioness of Brittany.” She was a 14th-century French/Breton noblewoman who turned to piracy in order to…
9 months ago
Maritime Madams: Mary Jane Rathbun
Season 6 Episode 211
Mary Jane Rathbun (1860-1943) was a marine zoologist who discovered thousands of species of crabs. Her work helped establish the basic taxonomy of cr…
9 months, 1 week ago
Maritime Madams: Lagertha
Season 6 Episode 210
Lagertha was a Viking shield-maiden who is said to have ruled in the 9th century AD in what is now Norway She was the first wife of Ragnar Lothbrok, …
9 months, 1 week ago
Maritime Madams: Lehua Kamalu
Season 6 Episode 209
Lehua Kamalu (c. 1980-present) was the first woman in modern history to captain and navigate a voyaging canoe using the traditional Polynesian practi…
9 months, 1 week ago
Maritime Madams: Radhika Menon
Season 6 Episode 208
Radhika Menon is the first female captain in the Indian Merchant Navy. In 2016, she became the first woman to receive the IMO Award for Exceptional B…
9 months, 1 week ago
Maritime Madams: Annie Edson Taylor
Season 6 Episode 207
Annie Edson Taylor (unknown –1921) was an American schoolteacher best known as the first person to survive a trip over Niagara Falls in a barrel.
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9 months, 1 week ago
Maritime Madams: Molly Malone
Season 6 Episode 207
Molly Malone is one of the most famous cultural figures in Ireland and in Dublin city, her legend stemming from the 19th-century ballad “Cockles and …
9 months, 2 weeks ago
Maritime Madams: Maria Klenova
Season 6 Episode 206
Maria Klenova (1898-1976) was a Russian and Soviet marine geologist who, over her nearly 30-year-long career, researched polar regions, marine geolog…
9 months, 2 weeks ago
Maritime Madams: Sedna
Season 6 Episode 205
Sedna is known as the powerful Inuit sea goddess who rules over all marine animals. Hunters must honor and appease her to ensure a successful catch, …
9 months, 2 weeks ago
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Season 6 Episode 204
Ida Lewis (1842-1911) was an American lighthouse keeper for the Lime Rock Lighthouse, in Newport Harbor, Rhode Island. She was renowned for her swimm…
9 months, 2 weeks ago