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Mulan
Episode 81
Mulan's story of her days as a Chinese warrior had simple beginnings and a whole lot of lasting power!
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9 years, 4 months ago
Queen Nzinga
Episode 80
The story of this powerful, 17th century African ruler was far from an ordinary Princess to Queen tale.
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9 years, 4 months ago
Lizzie Borden, Revisited
Episode 79
Is there a better time to revisit our favorite Victorian More-Than-Likely Murderess, Lizzie Borden, than right now? We think not.
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9 years, 5 months ago
Shirley Chisholm
Episode 78
We wrap up our short series of "women who ran for the US Presidency before Hillary Clinton" with Shirley Chisholm!
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9 years, 5 months ago
Belva Lockwood
Episode 77
We continue our series of female Presidential candidates with Belva Lockwood, the woman who many regard as the first “legitimate” female nom…
9 years, 5 months ago
Victoria Woodhull
Episode 76
Victoria Woodhull crafted a life for herself from pretty raw materials. She traveled from an abusive childhood to a very aristocratic end...…
9 years, 6 months ago
Marie Curie (Part 2)
Episode 75
The second half of Marie's life was spent without Pierre but focused on a mission to apply science to help all humanity even while non-scien…
9 years, 6 months ago
Marie Curie (Part 1)
Episode 74
A lot of people only know Marie Curie as a woman who won a Nobel prize (or two...spoilers) but that's just a small part of the life of this …
9 years, 7 months ago
Agrippina the Younger
Episode 73
Agrippina the Younger lived a dramatic and dangerous life as the sister of an emperor, the wife and niece of another, and mother of a third …
9 years, 8 months ago
Elizabeth Keckly
Episode 72
When we were researching Mary Lincoln we both admired her friend, Elizabeth Keckly, so much that we knew that had to talk about her. She was born a s…
9 years, 8 months ago