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Season 1 Episode 14
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Over 100,000 single women took advantage of the Homestead Act of 1862 and for the first time claimed land in their own name.
These wom…
1 year, 4 months ago
Wild West - Women Stagecoach Drivers
Season 1 Episode 13
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Stagecoach drivers had the hardest job at the time. Blizzards, rain, wind, bandits, and predators plagued their routes. Driving a s…
1 year, 4 months ago
Women of the Wild West - Outlaws and Gamblers
Season 1 Episode 12
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Not every woman in the 1800s succumbed to the Victorian era of rules and don'ts. Some went their own way - sometimes with good resul…
1 year, 4 months ago
My Mother-In-Law the Pilot
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My mother-in-law, Marilyn Reber, was a woman who gently pushed against the pressures of the 40s, 50s, 60s and 70s to be the woman sh…
1 year, 5 months ago
Women Test Pilots of WW2
Season 1 Episode 10
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25,000 brave women applied to be test pilots in 1942 for WW2. 1,074 made it into the program. These women were the best of the best…
1 year, 5 months ago
Pancho Barnes - Aviator Extraordinaire
Season 1 Episode 9
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Pancho Barnes was one of a kind. A daredevil who partied hardy from the 20s to the 50s and one of the best pilots of her time, if no…
1 year, 5 months ago
Bessie Coleman - First African American Woman Pilot
Season 1 Episode 8
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Bessie Coleman was a pioneer of aviation. The first African American woman to earn a pilot's license in 1921.
Bessie earned money as …
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The True Story of Women in Aviation in 1907 America
Season 1 Episode 7
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Join Kit and Sherlock to hear about the original American women of aviation starting in 1907. Nearly two decades before Amelia Earha…
1 year, 6 months ago
The Darling of the Confederacy
Season 1 Episode 6
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Join us to hear the amazing story of Private Jane Perkins, a soldier in the Danville Artillery during the Civil War. Hear her heroic…
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The Pinkerton Detective and the Military Strategist - Women of the Civil War
Season 1 Episode 5
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In this episode we introduce two amazing women. One who saved Lincoln from a first assassination attempt and another …
1 year, 6 months ago