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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...…
10 years, 1 month 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…
10 years, 1 month 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 …
10 years, 2 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 …
10 years, 3 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…
10 years, 3 months ago
The Schuyler Sisters - a conversation with author Amanda Vaill
Episode 71
Since the musical Hamilton opened on Broadway, we've been getting a lot of requests to cover the Schuyler sisters, Angelica, Eliza and Peggy…
10 years, 4 months ago
Mary Todd Lincoln (Part 2)
Episode 70
In our last episode we talked about Mary's childhood, education and life as the wife of Abraham Lincoln. She was described as, "amiable, accomplished…
10 years, 4 months ago
Mary Todd Lincoln (Part 1)
Episode 69
Mary Todd Lincoln's life can't be defined by who she married and her husband's legacy--she was a lot more than simply a southern born wife o…
10 years, 5 months ago
Madam CJ Walker
Episode 68
When Madam C.J. Walker solved one of her own personal problems, she also created an opportunity to leave behind a life as a laundress for on…
10 years, 5 months ago
Q and A
Episode 67
What would you serve Dorothy Parker for dinner? What are your favorite things from pop culture? When will you cover the Schuyler Sisters? Li…
10 years, 6 months ago