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August's Junior Episode: The All-American Girls Professional Baseball League
Eighty-five years ago, when men went off to fight in World War II, women took on jobs that were typically "men's jobs." That included playing basebal…
12 hours ago
Episode 169: Rachel Carson
Season 4 Episode 169
If you've ever taken an environmental science class, visited a National Park, or hear someone mention Silent Spring, you've probably heard of Rachel …
3 days, 12 hours ago
Episode 168: Berta Caceres
Season 4 Episode 168
Today's story takes us to Honduras, where one woman refused to accept that progress had to come at the expense of her people or the land that they ca…
1 week, 3 days ago
Episode 167: Marjory Stoneman Douglas
Season 1 Episode 165
Today's story is about a journalist who had a typewriter... and a very strong opinion. Known for being outspoken and politically conscious, she was p…
2 weeks, 3 days ago
Episode 166: Dai Qing
Season 4 Episode 166
Join me today to learn about this amazing woman. As China was celebrating a massive construction project, she was the one to stand up and say, "Wait …
3 weeks, 3 days ago
Episode 165: Annie Alowa & Viola Waghiyi
Season 4 Episode 162
Today's story is about two women who grew up on a tiny island in the Bering Sea. Both embraced their connection to the land, and both recognized that…
1 month ago
July's Junior Episode: Julia "Butterfly" Hill
Join me to day to hear the story of a young woman who climbed up a tree... and lived there for more than two years.
1 month ago
Episode 164: Audre Lorde
Join me this week for a snapshot overview of the amazing Audre Lorde. She famously described herself as a “Black, lesbian, mother, warrior, poet”... …
1 month, 1 week ago
Episode 163: Frances Thompson
Season 4 Episode 161
Content Warning: Sexual Assault and Racial Violence
Frances Thompson was a formerly enslaved, disabled, trans Black woman who survived one of the dead…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
Episode 162: Anne Lister
Season 4 Episode 162
Join me this week to learn about the woman who is often called "the first modern lesbian"... and why so was so much more than that! Anne had a brilli…
1 month, 3 weeks ago