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Shirley Temple Black
Episode 170
Once upon a time, there was a little moppet whose grit and optimism on screen gave the world the courage to endure the Great Depression. But…
5 years, 3 months ago
Mrs. Claus, Revisited
Episode 169
Let's shine the spotlight on Mrs. Claus, she's not the one-dimensional support character most imagine, a revisit from 2014.
Learn mor…
5 years, 3 months ago
Charlotte Brontë, Revisted
Episode 168
Charlotte didn't let her circumstances and the discouragement of others stand in the way of her goal of becoming a published author; she got…
5 years, 4 months ago
Pocahontas, Revisited
Episode 167
Pocahontas did save lives... just not the way (or the one) that you've been taught. We revisit this 2017 episode to learn the real, not Disn…
5 years, 4 months ago
Wonder Woman Part 2
Episode 166
After her creator died, Wonder Woman strayed quite a bit from where she began. She had her wings clipped by the censors in the 1950s, and lo…
5 years, 5 months ago
Wonder Woman Part 1
Episode 164
She was forged in the fires of the suffragist movement, and beneath her abbreviated costume beats the heart of a lion. Fighting for truth, e…
5 years, 5 months ago
Introducing: Dr. Death, Season 2
Episode 164
If someone you love is diagnosed with cancer you want them to get the best treatment from the best doctors. In 2013, patients in Michigan thought Far…
5 years, 5 months ago
Belva Lockwood and Shirley Chisholm, Revisited
Episode 163
We finish up our two-part series on women who ran for the US presidency in days gone by. Belva Lockwood ran in 1884 and 1888, and Shirley Ch…
5 years, 5 months ago
Victoria Woodhull, Revisited
Episode 162
Here in the US, voting for the 2020 Presidential election has begun so we're revisiting the life of the very first woman to run for the Amer…
5 years, 6 months ago
Q and A Number 3
Episode 161
Once upon a time in the dark ages of podcasting, two friends set out on a quest to bring the stories of historical women to your ears. In th…
5 years, 6 months ago